Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 87
... says he , when there , you may make acquaintances and estab- lish correspondencies in the bookselling and stationary way . I agreed that this might be advantageous . Then says he , get yourself ready to go with Annis ; which was the ...
... says he , when there , you may make acquaintances and estab- lish correspondencies in the bookselling and stationary way . I agreed that this might be advantageous . Then says he , get yourself ready to go with Annis ; which was the ...
Page 140
... says . But dost thou love life , then do not squander time , for that's the stuff life is made of , as Poor Richard says . How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep , forgetting that The sleep- ing fox catches no poultry ...
... says . But dost thou love life , then do not squander time , for that's the stuff life is made of , as Poor Richard says . How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep , forgetting that The sleep- ing fox catches no poultry ...
Page 142
... says ; and man may , Many estates are spent in the getting , Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting , And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting . If you would be wealthy , says he , in another almanack , think of saving ...
... says ; and man may , Many estates are spent in the getting , Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting , And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting . If you would be wealthy , says he , in another almanack , think of saving ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
Copyright | |
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acquaintance advantage American tradition Assembly Autobiography Benjamin Franklin BERNARD COHEN Boston called Carl Van Doren character chimney colonies common conductors continued Cotton Mather distemper electricity empiricism England expence experience father fire fire-places Franklin stove Franklin's writings friends gave Gazette give hand heat hospital improvement industry inhabitants inoculation inventions Keimer lately laws letters liberty lightning rod living London Mark Twain means ment Mussulmen nature ness never observed occasion opinion paper parliament Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette Pennsylvania Hospital persons Philadelphia philosophy political Poor Richard says pounds sterling present principles printer proposed published reason Richard Bache sect slaves society soon Stamp Act stoves taxes things thought thousand pounds thro tion took town trade VINDEX virtue warm wealth whole William Heberden wrote