The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; Together with a Number of His Humorous, Moral, and Literary Essays, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator |
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Page 17
... the borders of which we were accustom- ed to take our stand at high water , to angle for small fish . By dint of walking , we had converted the place into a perfect quagmire . My proposal was to erect 2 * DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
... the borders of which we were accustom- ed to take our stand at high water , to angle for small fish . By dint of walking , we had converted the place into a perfect quagmire . My proposal was to erect 2 * DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
Page 18
... proposal was to erect a wharf that should afford us firm footing ; and I point- ed out to my companions a large heap of stones , intend- ed for the building a new house near the marsh , and which were well adapted for our purpose ...
... proposal was to erect a wharf that should afford us firm footing ; and I point- ed out to my companions a large heap of stones , intend- ed for the building a new house near the marsh , and which were well adapted for our purpose ...
Page 31
... proposed to evade the order by changing the title of the paper : but my brother fore- seeing inconveniencies that would result from this step , thought it better that it should in future be print- ed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ...
... proposed to evade the order by changing the title of the paper : but my brother fore- seeing inconveniencies that would result from this step , thought it better that it should in future be print- ed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ...
Page 40
... except my friend Collins , to whom I wrote , and who kept my secret . An incident , however arrived , which sent me home sooner than I had proposed . I had a brother - in - law , of the name of Robert Holmes , master of a 40 LIFE OF.
... except my friend Collins , to whom I wrote , and who kept my secret . An incident , however arrived , which sent me home sooner than I had proposed . I had a brother - in - law , of the name of Robert Holmes , master of a 40 LIFE OF.
Page 42
... proposed to me to establish a printing house . He set forth the probabilities of success , and himself and Colonel French assured me that I should have their protection and influence in obtaining the printing of the public papers of ...
... proposed to me to establish a printing house . He set forth the probabilities of success , and himself and Colonel French assured me that I should have their protection and influence in obtaining the printing of the public papers of ...
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Page 260 - I doubt, too, whether any other Convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their pas,sions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.
Page 157 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Page 232 - We are however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho* -we decline accepting it : and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Page 261 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Page 232 - But you who are wise, must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
Page 233 - ... he intended to say or has any thing to add, he may rise again and deliver it. To interrupt another, even in common conversation, is reckoned highly indecent.
Page 177 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Page 159 - I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Page 177 - It shows, besides, that you are mindful of what you owe; it makes you appear a careful as well as an honest man, and that still increases your credit. Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly.
Page 159 - When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.