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... asked me , I was suspected to be some runaway indentured servant and in danger of being taken up on that suspicion . However , I proceeded next day and got in the evening to an inn within eight or ten miles of Burlington , kept by one ...
... asked me , I was suspected to be some runaway indentured servant and in danger of being taken up on that suspicion . However , I proceeded next day and got in the evening to an inn within eight or ten miles of Burlington , kept by one ...
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... asked her advice . She proposed to lodge me till a passage by some other boat occurred . accepted her offer , being much fatigued by traveling on foot . Understanding I was a printer , she would have had me remain in that town and ...
... asked her advice . She proposed to lodge me till a passage by some other boat occurred . accepted her offer , being much fatigued by traveling on foot . Understanding I was a printer , she would have had me remain in that town and ...
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... asked for biscuits , meaning such as we had at Boston ; that sort , it seems , was not made at Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf and was told they had none . Not knowing the different prices nor the names of the ...
... asked for biscuits , meaning such as we had at Boston ; that sort , it seems , was not made at Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf and was told they had none . Not knowing the different prices nor the names of the ...
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... asked me , as from my youth and appearance I was suspected of being a runaway . After dinner , my host having shown me to a bed , I laid my- self on it without undressing and slept till six in the evening , when I was called to supper ...
... asked me , as from my youth and appearance I was suspected of being a runaway . After dinner , my host having shown me to a bed , I laid my- self on it without undressing and slept till six in the evening , when I was called to supper ...
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... asked me a few ques- tions , put a composing - stick in my hand to see how I worked , and then said he would employ me soon , though he had just then nothing for me to do . And taking old Bradford , whom he had never seen before , to be ...
... asked me a few ques- tions , put a composing - stick in my hand to see how I worked , and then said he would employ me soon , though he had just then nothing for me to do . And taking old Bradford , whom he had never seen before , to be ...
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Page 168 - 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 174 - This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all do not depend too much upon your own industry and frugality and prudence, though excellent things; for they may all be blasted, without the blessing of Heaven; and, therefore, ask that blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterward prosperous. " And now, to conclude, Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other...
Page 99 - 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 coppers.
Page 14 - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Page 78 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 74 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Page 232 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 166 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is 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 viii - 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 viii - I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...