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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... beyond their capacity . I maintained the opposite opinion , a little perhaps for the pleasure of disputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copi- ously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself DR . FRANKLIN .
... beyond their capacity . I maintained the opposite opinion , a little perhaps for the pleasure of disputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copi- ously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself DR . FRANKLIN .
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... thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point : and as we were not to see each other for some time , I committed my tho'ts to paper ...
... thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point : and as we were not to see each other for some time , I committed my tho'ts to paper ...
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... thought or the style ; and this encouraged me to hope that I should succeed , in time , in writing de- cently in the English language , which was one of the greatest objects of my ambition . The time which I devoted to these exercises ...
... thought or the style ; and this encouraged me to hope that I should succeed , in time , in writing de- cently in the English language , which was one of the greatest objects of my ambition . The time which I devoted to these exercises ...
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... thought himself entitled to the same services from me as from any other person . On the contrary , I conceived that in many instances , he was too rigor- ous , and that on the part of a brother , I had a right to expect a greater ...
... thought himself entitled to the same services from me as from any other person . On the contrary , I conceived that in many instances , he was too rigor- ous , and that on the part of a brother , I had a right to expect a greater ...
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... thought it better that it should in future be print- ed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ; and to avoid the censure of the assembly , who might charge him with still printing the paper himself , under the name of his apprentice , it was ...
... thought it better that it should in future be print- ed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ; and to avoid the censure of the assembly , who might charge him with still printing the paper himself , under the name of his apprentice , it was ...
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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.