Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1868 - 409 страници |
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... taken from the first chapter will show the general character of these changes . It is a curious fact that the very first words of the edition of 1817 are interpolations . It commences : " To William Franklin , Governor of New Jersey ...
... taken from the first chapter will show the general character of these changes . It is a curious fact that the very first words of the edition of 1817 are interpolations . It commences : " To William Franklin , Governor of New Jersey ...
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... taken away my appetite , and so impeded my digestion that I am become totally emaciated , and little remains of me but a skeleton covered with a skin . In this situation , I have * Sparks ' Works of Franklin , vol . x . p . 349 . not ...
... taken away my appetite , and so impeded my digestion that I am become totally emaciated , and little remains of me but a skeleton covered with a skin . In this situation , I have * Sparks ' Works of Franklin , vol . x . p . 349 . not ...
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... taken the resolution to endeavor completing them in this way of dictating to an amanuensis . What is already done I now send you , with an earnest request that you and my good friend , Dr. Price , would be so good as to take the trouble ...
... taken the resolution to endeavor completing them in this way of dictating to an amanuensis . What is already done I now send you , with an earnest request that you and my good friend , Dr. Price , would be so good as to take the trouble ...
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... taken for any pur- pose whatever , " to have been removed by his death . If such was the case , however , why did he not produce an English edition ? In a notice which Cabanis prepared shortly after the news of Dr. Franklin's death ...
... taken for any pur- pose whatever , " to have been removed by his death . If such was the case , however , why did he not produce an English edition ? In a notice which Cabanis prepared shortly after the news of Dr. Franklin's death ...
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... taken , if any , to prevent the appearance of an English translation have not transpired . William Temple's expectations of getting to Paris in a few weeks do not seem to have been realized ; for , from the following letter it appears ...
... taken , if any , to prevent the appearance of an English translation have not transpired . William Temple's expectations of getting to Paris in a few weeks do not seem to have been realized ; for , from the following letter it appears ...
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Страница 217 - I could go thro' a Course compleat 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...
Страница 211 - ORDER. Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time.
Страница 321 - It is, perhaps, below the dignity of your profession to act as steward of the rum, but if you were to deal it out and only just after prayers, you would have them all about you.
Страница 111 - I sat down among them, and, after looking round awhile and hearing nothing said, being very drowsy through labor and want of rest the preceding night, I fell fast asleep, and continued so till the meeting broke up, when one was kind enough to rouse me. This was, therefore, the first house I was in, or slept in, in Philadelphia.
Страница 245 - ... 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.
Страница 205 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Страница 102 - I did not give them any satisfaction, they contented themselves with admonishing me, and dismissed me, considering me, perhaps, as an apprentice, who was bound to keep his master's secrets. During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had...
Страница 282 - The subscriptions accordingly soon exceeded the requisite sum, and we claimed and received the public gift, which enabled us to carry the design into execution. A convenient and handsome building was soon erected ; the institution has by constant experience been found useful, and flourishes to this day ; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure, or wherein, after thinking of it, I more easily excused myself for having made some use...
Страница 207 - Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
Страница 91 - Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.