The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life |
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... passed the leaves from one side to the other , which were held down on each by the pack- thread . One of the children was stationed at the door , to give notice if he saw the proctor ( an officer of the spiritual court ) make his ...
... passed the leaves from one side to the other , which were held down on each by the pack- thread . One of the children was stationed at the door , to give notice if he saw the proctor ( an officer of the spiritual court ) make his ...
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... passed , and the accounts they gave of the favour- able reception of their writings with the public . I was tempted to try my hand among them ; but , being still a child , as it were , I was fearful that my bro- ther might be unwilling ...
... passed , and the accounts they gave of the favour- able reception of their writings with the public . I was tempted to try my hand among them ; but , being still a child , as it were , I was fearful that my bro- ther might be unwilling ...
Page 37
... passed thirty hours without provisions , and with no other drink than a bottle of bad rum , the water up- on which we rowed being salt . In the evening I went to bed with a violent fever . I had somewhere read that cold water , drank ...
... passed thirty hours without provisions , and with no other drink than a bottle of bad rum , the water up- on which we rowed being salt . In the evening I went to bed with a violent fever . I had somewhere read that cold water , drank ...
Page 39
... passed it , and were unwilling to row any farther ; the rest not knowing where we were , it was resolved that we should stop . We drew towards the shore , entered a creek , and landed near some old palisades , which served us for fire ...
... passed it , and were unwilling to row any farther ; the rest not knowing where we were , it was resolved that we should stop . We drew towards the shore , entered a creek , and landed near some old palisades , which served us for fire ...
Page 40
... passed the house of Mr. Read , the father of my fu- ture wife . She was standing at the door , observed me , and thought with reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . I then turned the corner , and went through ...
... passed the house of Mr. Read , the father of my fu- ture wife . She was standing at the door , observed me , and thought with reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . I then turned the corner , and went through ...
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Page 274 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for the want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
Page 156 - 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.
Page 271 - 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 273 - And again, Three removes are 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 277 - Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And after all, of what Use is this Pride of Appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote Health, or ease Pain; it makes no Increase of Merit in the Person, it creates Envy, it hastens Misfortune.
Page 270 - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Page 276 - If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again.
Page 274 - A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 280 - I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it, and though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.
Page 271 - He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor'; 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, as Poor Richard says, 'At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.