The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: with His Life, Written by HimselfS. Andrus and son, 1849 - 304 pages |
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... engaged , be- cause his numerous family , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unremittingly employed in the duties of his profession . But I very well remember , that the leading men of the place used frequently to come and ask ...
... engaged , be- cause his numerous family , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unremittingly employed in the duties of his profession . But I very well remember , that the leading men of the place used frequently to come and ask ...
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... engaged with my brother . I held back for some time ; at length , however ' I sufferd myself to be persuaded , and signed my indentures , being then only twelve years of age . It was agreed that I should serve as an apprentice to the ...
... engaged with my brother . I held back for some time ; at length , however ' I sufferd myself to be persuaded , and signed my indentures , being then only twelve years of age . It was agreed that I should serve as an apprentice to the ...
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... engaged me to write two ballads . One , called the Lighthouse Tragedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Capt . Worthilake , and his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach ...
... engaged me to write two ballads . One , called the Lighthouse Tragedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Capt . Worthilake , and his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach ...
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... engaged , that whoever died first should return if possible and pay a friendly visit to the survivor , to give him an account of the other world ; but he has never fulfilled his engagement . The Governor appeared to be fond of my com ...
... engaged , that whoever died first should return if possible and pay a friendly visit to the survivor , to give him an account of the other world ; but he has never fulfilled his engagement . The Governor appeared to be fond of my com ...
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... engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would send the letters on board , and that he wished me , with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I re- turned , somewhat astonished , to the ship , but still ...
... engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would send the letters on board , and that he wished me , with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I re- turned , somewhat astonished , to the ship , but still ...
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Page 261 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Page 157 - 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 242 - Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good for nothing.
Page 259 - Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all easy...
Page 259 - ... as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff" life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 242 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though 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 258 - ... by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanac of 1733.
Page 261 - Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 261 - And again, the eye of a master will do more work than both his hands; and again, want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge; and again, not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Page 179 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion, since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably...