Western Miscellany, Volume 1Benjamin Franklin Ells |
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... received the sword of Burgoyne , at Saratoga . It furnishes cause of gratitude , that through the small aperture of an authentic record , we are supplied with an eye - glass to penetrate the thick gloom of that fearful hour , and ...
... received the sword of Burgoyne , at Saratoga . It furnishes cause of gratitude , that through the small aperture of an authentic record , we are supplied with an eye - glass to penetrate the thick gloom of that fearful hour , and ...
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... received any instruction from him . The poor beggar boy of Florence at once became the most promising artist of his time . Thus distinguished and happy , he gave up his plan of connecting himself with the church , and devoted himself ...
... received any instruction from him . The poor beggar boy of Florence at once became the most promising artist of his time . Thus distinguished and happy , he gave up his plan of connecting himself with the church , and devoted himself ...
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... received with as great favor at home as elsewhere . Cosmo de ' Medici delighted in him , and constantly put his talents in requisition . The pieces of his which are still extant , show that he deserved such con- sideration ...
... received with as great favor at home as elsewhere . Cosmo de ' Medici delighted in him , and constantly put his talents in requisition . The pieces of his which are still extant , show that he deserved such con- sideration ...
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... receiving intelligence of Miss S.'s mar- riage he determined to quit both his pro- fession and his country , and having pro- VOL . I. NO . 2 . Andre . cured a commission in the army , he pro- ceeded with his regiment to North A- merica ...
... receiving intelligence of Miss S.'s mar- riage he determined to quit both his pro- fession and his country , and having pro- VOL . I. NO . 2 . Andre . cured a commission in the army , he pro- ceeded with his regiment to North A- merica ...
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... received his due share of opprobrium . To his last moment Andre had cherished the hopeless passion which had driven him from his country and his early pursuits . In a letter written after his capture , which has been printed , he states ...
... received his due share of opprobrium . To his last moment Andre had cherished the hopeless passion which had driven him from his country and his early pursuits . In a letter written after his capture , which has been printed , he states ...
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Page 96 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 94 - We are offered by the terms of this sale six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt. You give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor: you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink...
Page 93 - What maintains one vice would bring up two children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter: but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a little makes a mickle; and farther, Beware of little expenses; A small leak will sink a great ship; and again, Who dainties love shall beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Page 91 - 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 94 - When you have got your bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of payment; but creditors, Poor Richard tells us, have better memories than debtors; and in another place says, creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. The day comes round before you are aware, and the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it; or if you bear your debt in mind, the term which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. Time will seem to have added...
Page 94 - Experience keeps a dear school ; but fools will learn in no other...
Page 79 - But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 203 - And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.