The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 2Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856 - United States |
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... greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course , both when thou climb'st , And when high noon hast gain'd , and when thou fall'st . Moon , that now meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st , With the fix'd stars , fix'd in their orb that ...
... greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course , both when thou climb'st , And when high noon hast gain'd , and when thou fall'st . Moon , that now meet'st the orient sun , now fly'st , With the fix'd stars , fix'd in their orb that ...
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... greater than Cato ? I happened but the other day to be at a house in town , where , among others , were met men of the most note in this place . Cato had business with some of them , and knocked at the door . The most trifling actions ...
... greater than Cato ? I happened but the other day to be at a house in town , where , among others , were met men of the most note in this place . Cato had business with some of them , and knocked at the door . The most trifling actions ...
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... greater lustre to me , than it had shined in through several generations , I will not here discuss . But so it is , that I am possessed largely of it , and design , if you encourage the proposal , to take this opportunity of doing good ...
... greater lustre to me , than it had shined in through several generations , I will not here discuss . But so it is , that I am possessed largely of it , and design , if you encourage the proposal , to take this opportunity of doing good ...
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... find yourself weary of relieving the miserable ? or of raising the distressed into life or hap- piness ? Or rather , do not you find the pleasure grow upon you by repetition , and that it is greater 54 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
... find yourself weary of relieving the miserable ? or of raising the distressed into life or hap- piness ? Or rather , do not you find the pleasure grow upon you by repetition , and that it is greater 54 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
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... greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of making others happy ? Can this pleasure ever be absent , or ever end but with your being ? Does it ...
... greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of making others happy ? Can this pleasure ever be absent , or ever end but with your being ? Does it ...
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Page 5 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 97 - 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 ; 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 horse-shoe nail.
Page 97 - And again, Three Removes is as bad as a Fire; and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your Business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by the Plough would thrive. Himself must either hold or drive.
Page 99 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps 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...
Page 95 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 165 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 93 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...
Page 102 - No morning sun lasts a whole day/ as poor Richard says. Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain : and ' It is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel,' as poor Richard says. So ' Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.' ' Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold,
Page 167 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 99 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.