Essays and LettersBartow, 1821 - American essays |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 37
Page 85
... poor Richard says . Per- haps they have had a small estate left them , which they knew not the getting of ; they think it is day , and will never be night ; ' that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding : but always ...
... poor Richard says . Per- haps they have had a small estate left them , which they knew not the getting of ; they think it is day , and will never be night ; ' that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding : but always ...
Page 25
... poor , but I differ in opinion about the means . I think the best way of doing good to the poor is , not making them easy in poverty , but leading or driving them out of it . In my youth I travelled much , and I observed , in different ...
... poor , but I differ in opinion about the means . I think the best way of doing good to the poor is , not making them easy in poverty , but leading or driving them out of it . In my youth I travelled much , and I observed , in different ...
Page 27
... poor , and Englishmen wanted common humanity . In justice , then , to this country , give me leave to remark , that the condition of the poor here is by far the best in Europe ; for that , except in England and her American colonies ...
... poor , and Englishmen wanted common humanity . In justice , then , to this country , give me leave to remark , that the condition of the poor here is by far the best in Europe ; for that , except in England and her American colonies ...
Contents
On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
act of parliament America assembly better body Britain British called clothes colonies commerce common continue dear debts duty earth employed encourage England equal Europe expense favour fluid Franklin friends give Glaucon Gout grant money happiness honour hundred increase industry inhabitants judges kind labour laid land less liberty live luxury manner manufactures manumission marriages means ment merchants mind Mussulmen nation nature necessary neighbours never North America obliged observed occasion officers Old Bailey opinion paid parliament Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette perhaps persons Philocles pleasure poor Richard says Portugal pounds present produce profit provinces Prussia quantity raise reason repealed ruin sent shillings ships slavery slaves Socrates Spain specific gravity stamp act subjects subsistence suffer suppose thing thou tion trade ture virtue whole wool