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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... town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable incidents were told us of him at Eaton . After enjoying the es- teem and patronage of lord Halifax , he died , January 6 , 1702 , precisely four years before I was born . The recital that ...
... town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable incidents were told us of him at Eaton . After enjoying the es- teem and patronage of lord Halifax , he died , January 6 , 1702 , precisely four years before I was born . The recital that ...
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... , found that he was incapable , without subjecting himself to difficul- ties , of providing for the expense of a collegiate edu * Town in the Island of Nantucket . cation ; and considering besides , as I heard him 16 LIFE OF.
... , found that he was incapable , without subjecting himself to difficul- ties , of providing for the expense of a collegiate edu * Town in the Island of Nantucket . cation ; and considering besides , as I heard him 16 LIFE OF.
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... town , or of the church to which he belonged , and that they paid much deference to his opinion . In- dividuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their private affairs , and he was often chosen arbiter between contending ...
... town , or of the church to which he belonged , and that they paid much deference to his opinion . In- dividuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their private affairs , and he was often chosen arbiter between contending ...
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... song on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were wretched verses in point of style , mere blind - men's ditties . When printed , be dispatched me about the town to sell them . The 22 LIFE OF.
... song on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were wretched verses in point of style , mere blind - men's ditties . When printed , be dispatched me about the town to sell them . The 22 LIFE OF.
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... town to sell them . The first . had a prodigious run , because the event was recent , and had made a great noise . but my fa- My vanity was flattered by this success ; ther checked my exultation , by ridiculing my produc- tions , and ...
... town to sell them . The first . had a prodigious run , because the event was recent , and had made a great noise . but my fa- My vanity was flattered by this success ; ther checked my exultation , by ridiculing my produc- tions , and ...
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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.