The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His Life |
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... common name of an order or rank in England , see Judge Fortesque , De laudibus legum Angliæ , written about the year 1412 , in which is the following passage , to slibw hat good juries might easily be formed in any part of England ...
... common name of an order or rank in England , see Judge Fortesque , De laudibus legum Angliæ , written about the year 1412 , in which is the following passage , to slibw hat good juries might easily be formed in any part of England ...
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... common conversation he appears not to have a choice of words ; he hesitates , and is at a loss , and yet , good God , how he writes . " At our next meeting , Ralph discovered the trick we had played Osborne , who was rallied without ...
... common conversation he appears not to have a choice of words ; he hesitates , and is at a loss , and yet , good God , how he writes . " At our next meeting , Ralph discovered the trick we had played Osborne , who was rallied without ...
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... common among printers . He was a tolerable Latin scholar , spoke French fluently , and was ford of reading . I taught bin , as well as a friend of his , to swim , by taking then twice only into the river ; after which they stood in need ...
... common among printers . He was a tolerable Latin scholar , spoke French fluently , and was ford of reading . I taught bin , as well as a friend of his , to swim , by taking then twice only into the river ; after which they stood in need ...
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... common order , and a competent por- tion of understanding and gayety ; but a little idle . Keimer had engaged these two at very low wages , which he had promised to raise every three months a shilling a week , provided their improvement ...
... common order , and a competent por- tion of understanding and gayety ; but a little idle . Keimer had engaged these two at very low wages , which he had promised to raise every three months a shilling a week , provided their improvement ...
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... common library of our individua ! collections , each would have the advantage of using the books of all the other members , which would nearly be the same as if he possessed them all himself . The idea was approved , and we accordingly ...
... common library of our individua ! collections , each would have the advantage of using the books of all the other members , which would nearly be the same as if he possessed them all himself . The idea was approved , and we accordingly ...
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Page 239 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Page 280 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born and here they shall die.
Page 280 - It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. 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 237 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's 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...
Page 242 - If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such People, when he goes to get it in again.
Page 238 - He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor; but then the trade must be worked at and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 143 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends on a holiday filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Page 279 - I confess that there are several parts of this constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them, for having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
Page 280 - I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered ; and I believe, further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.
Page 240 - ... 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...