Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...T. S. Manning., 1818 - 519 pages |
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... pounds , but what her circum- stances are now I know not . She hath no child . If you by the freedom of your office , makes it more likely to convey a letter to her , it would be acceptable to me . There is also children of brother John ...
... pounds , but what her circum- stances are now I know not . She hath no child . If you by the freedom of your office , makes it more likely to convey a letter to her , it would be acceptable to me . There is also children of brother John ...
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... pounds sterling in silver . He received me not very frankly , looked me all over , and turned to his work again . The journeymen were inquisitive where I had been , what sort of a country it was , and how I liked it ? I praised it much ...
... pounds sterling in silver . He received me not very frankly , looked me all over , and turned to his work again . The journeymen were inquisitive where I had been , what sort of a country it was , and how I liked it ? I praised it much ...
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... pounds currency ) desired I would recover it for him , and keep it till I had his directions what to employ it in . Accordingly he gave me an order to receive it . This business afterwards occasioned me a good deal of uneasiness . At ...
... pounds currency ) desired I would recover it for him , and keep it till I had his directions what to employ it in . Accordingly he gave me an order to receive it . This business afterwards occasioned me a good deal of uneasiness . At ...
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... pounds sterling . He liked it , but asked me if my being on the spot in England to choose the types , and see that every thing was good of the kind , might not be of some advantage ; " then , " said he , " when there you may make ...
... pounds sterling . He liked it , but asked me if my being on the spot in England to choose the types , and see that every thing was good of the kind , might not be of some advantage ; " then , " said he , " when there you may make ...
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... pounds a year to live on , and out of this sum she still gave a part in charity , living herself on water - gruel only , and using no fire but to boil it . She had lived many years in that garret , being permitted to remain there gratis ...
... pounds a year to live on , and out of this sum she still gave a part in charity , living herself on water - gruel only , and using no fire but to boil it . She had lived many years in that garret , being permitted to remain there gratis ...
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Page 85 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 475 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it.
Page 519 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 92 - I could go thro' a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and his strength, but works on one of the beds at a time, and having...
Page 92 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 108 - ... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Page 63 - JUNTO ; we met on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company ; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased.
Page 474 - In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the Divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard ; and they were graciously answered.
Page 22 - I reached through the water to his shock pate and drew him up, so that we got him in again. His ducking sobered him a little, and he went to sleep, taking first out of his pocket a book, which he desired I would dry for him.
Page 70 - Our debates possessed me so fully of the subject that I wrote and printed an anonymous pamphlet on it, entitled The Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency.