Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Том 1M'Carty & Davis, 1834 |
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... COLLECTION ENTERED according to the Act of Congress , in the year 1834 , by McCarty & Davis , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . INDEX TO VOLUME I " ACT of the British Parliament.
... COLLECTION ENTERED according to the Act of Congress , in the year 1834 , by McCarty & Davis , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . INDEX TO VOLUME I " ACT of the British Parliament.
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... Pennsylvania , in 1681 , 72 . Chatham , lord , consults Franklin , 74 - Desires to see him , 106 - His motion relative to America , 121 - Vi- sits Franklin , 122 - His plan for settling the disputes with the colonies , 123 - Rejection ...
... Pennsylvania , in 1681 , 72 . Chatham , lord , consults Franklin , 74 - Desires to see him , 106 - His motion relative to America , 121 - Vi- sits Franklin , 122 - His plan for settling the disputes with the colonies , 123 - Rejection ...
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... Pennsylvania assembly , 78 - Reinstated , and revisits Great Britain , 78 - Visits Holland , Ger . many , and Paris , 80 - Introduced to Louis XV .: re- peats his electrical experiments in his presence , and by count de Buffon , & c ...
... Pennsylvania assembly , 78 - Reinstated , and revisits Great Britain , 78 - Visits Holland , Ger . many , and Paris , 80 - Introduced to Louis XV .: re- peats his electrical experiments in his presence , and by count de Buffon , & c ...
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... Pennsylvania , state of the province of , in 1757 , 68 - First royal charter granted to the colony , 72 - First cause of dispute with the colony of , 76 - Petition from , to the king , 77 . Petition of W. Bollan , B. Franklin , and ...
... Pennsylvania , state of the province of , in 1757 , 68 - First royal charter granted to the colony , 72 - First cause of dispute with the colony of , 76 - Petition from , to the king , 77 . Petition of W. Bollan , B. Franklin , and ...
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... Pennsylvania history , Conrad Wifer , with Jonas Seely , and James Reed , Esqs . , to whom the following letter was addressed : B. Franklin to James Reed , Esq . 66 Philadelphia , Nov. 2 , 1755 , —5 o'clock P. M. " DEAR SIR , -I have ...
... Pennsylvania history , Conrad Wifer , with Jonas Seely , and James Reed , Esqs . , to whom the following letter was addressed : B. Franklin to James Reed , Esq . 66 Philadelphia , Nov. 2 , 1755 , —5 o'clock P. M. " DEAR SIR , -I have ...
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Страница 198 - 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. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Страница 34 - Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Страница 33 - For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon.
Страница 34 - Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion — bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Страница 43 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften and concluded to give the copper.
Страница 6 - Spectator, and turned them into verse : and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I also sometimes jumbled my...
Страница 370 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Страница 34 - I crossed these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues; on which line, and in its proper column, I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue, upon that day I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively.
Страница 7 - ... believe, has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion- to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time...
Страница 10 - He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was surprised at the quantity, but took it, and having no room in my pockets, walked off with a roll under each arm and eating the other. Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr.