Selections from the Writings of Benjamin FranklinCrowell, 1905 - 366 pages |
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Page iii
... Letter from Anthony Afterwit to the Pennsylvania Gazette Advice to a Young Tradesman . Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania The Kite Experiment The Course of Northeast Storms English Ignorance of America ...
... Letter from Anthony Afterwit to the Pennsylvania Gazette Advice to a Young Tradesman . Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania The Kite Experiment The Course of Northeast Storms English Ignorance of America ...
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... 211 Negroes • 216 On Modern Innovations in the English Language On the Slave - trade · 219 227 PERSONAL LETTERS . To Samuel Johnson To Mrs. Jane Mecom • 233 236 To Mrs. Deborah Franklin To George Whitefield To Miss Mary iv CONTENTS.
... 211 Negroes • 216 On Modern Innovations in the English Language On the Slave - trade · 219 227 PERSONAL LETTERS . To Samuel Johnson To Mrs. Jane Mecom • 233 236 To Mrs. Deborah Franklin To George Whitefield To Miss Mary iv CONTENTS.
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... letters are addressed to one or the other of these English women . In the intervals of pub- lic business he travelled much in Great Britain and on the Continent , visiting relatives , making lasting friendships among distinguished men ...
... letters are addressed to one or the other of these English women . In the intervals of pub- lic business he travelled much in Great Britain and on the Continent , visiting relatives , making lasting friendships among distinguished men ...
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... letters and addresses . He died April 17 , 1790 . Printer , publisher , man of affairs , scientific inves- tigator , diplomatist , statesman , philanthropist , phi- losopher , — only incidentally was he an author , and probably never ...
... letters and addresses . He died April 17 , 1790 . Printer , publisher , man of affairs , scientific inves- tigator , diplomatist , statesman , philanthropist , phi- losopher , — only incidentally was he an author , and probably never ...
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... letter to a friend or anonymous newspaper article , any systematic list of his works is quite unsatisfac- tory , if ... letters to others . Therefore the means for knowing about him and his work are abundant , though the task is almost ...
... letter to a friend or anonymous newspaper article , any systematic list of his works is quite unsatisfac- tory , if ... letters to others . Therefore the means for knowing about him and his work are abundant , though the task is almost ...
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Page 15 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. Hut dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Page 355 - 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 ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 55 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 22 - We are offered by the terms of the sale six months' credit ; and that, perhaps, has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But ah ! think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty.
Page 24 - Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for, it is true, We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct, as Poor Richard says.
Page 20 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
Page 94 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 16 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Page 16 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, Diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, And you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.
Page 16 - ... as Poor Richard says; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling 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.