Selections from Autobiography: Poor Richard's Almanac, Advice to a Young Tradesman, The Whistle, Necessary Hints to Those that Would be Rich, Motion for Prayers, Selected LettersDoubleday & McClure Company, 1899 - 178 pages |
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... whole appeared to me as written with a good deal of decent plainness and manly free- dom . The six concluding lines I remember , though I have forgotten the two first of the stanza ; but the purport of them was , that his censures ...
... whole appeared to me as written with a good deal of decent plainness and manly free- dom . The six concluding lines I remember , though I have forgotten the two first of the stanza ; but the purport of them was , that his censures ...
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... whole by myself with great ease . I also read Seller's and Shermy's books of Navigation , and became acquainted with the little geometry they contain ; but never proceeded far in that science . And I read about this time Locke " On ...
... whole by myself with great ease . I also read Seller's and Shermy's books of Navigation , and became acquainted with the little geometry they contain ; but never proceeded far in that science . And I read about this time Locke " On ...
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... * I fancy his harsh and tyrannical treatment of me might be a means of impressing me with that aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to me through my whole life . ing - house among his friends , what he should 28 Benjamin Franklin.
... * I fancy his harsh and tyrannical treatment of me might be a means of impressing me with that aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to me through my whole life . ing - house among his friends , what he should 28 Benjamin Franklin.
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... whole stock of cash consisted of a Dutch dollar , and about a shilling in cop- per . The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refus'd it , on ac- count of my rowing ; but I insisted on their taking it . A ...
... whole stock of cash consisted of a Dutch dollar , and about a shilling in cop- per . The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refus'd it , on ac- count of my rowing ; but I insisted on their taking it . A ...
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... whole before we came . I had made some courtship during this time to Miss Read . I had a great respect and affec- tion for her , and had some reason to believe she had the same for me ; but , as I was about to take a long voyage , and ...
... whole before we came . I had made some courtship during this time to Miss Read . I had a great respect and affec- tion for her , and had some reason to believe she had the same for me ; but , as I was about to take a long voyage , and ...
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Page 139 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Page 140 - And again, Three Removes is as bad as a Fire; and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your Business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by the Plough would thrive. Himself must either hold or drive.
Page 169 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Page 90 - 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.* FORM OF THE PAGES.
Page 144 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of: they think, It is day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; but Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard says ; and then, When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.
Page 163 - Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights, to illuminate our understandings...
Page 147 - The day comes round before you are aware, and the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it ; or, if you bear your debt in mind, the term, which at first seemed so long will, as it lessens, appear extremely short ; time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders. "Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.
Page 21 - Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them...
Page 136 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard 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 sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 138 - He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor," as poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve ; for, " at the working man's house, hunger looks in, but dares not enter.