Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...Henry Colburn, 1818 - Philosophers |
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... present work it remains to be ob- served that the only portion which has hitherto appeared in any form , is the first fasciculus of the Memoirs of DR . FRANKLIN , extending from his birth to the year 1731 , forming only Part I. of the ...
... present work it remains to be ob- served that the only portion which has hitherto appeared in any form , is the first fasciculus of the Memoirs of DR . FRANKLIN , extending from his birth to the year 1731 , forming only Part I. of the ...
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... present pub- lication of it must be infinitely more estimable by being printed literally from the original autograph . It is much to be regretted that DR . FRANKLIN was not enabled , by his numerous avocations and the infirmities of old ...
... present pub- lication of it must be infinitely more estimable by being printed literally from the original autograph . It is much to be regretted that DR . FRANKLIN was not enabled , by his numerous avocations and the infirmities of old ...
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... present opinions : modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave you undisturbed in the possession of your errors . In adopting such a manner you can seldom expect to please your hearers , or obtain the concurrence ...
... present opinions : modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave you undisturbed in the possession of your errors . In adopting such a manner you can seldom expect to please your hearers , or obtain the concurrence ...
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... his son , who received me civilly , gave me a breakfast , but told me he did not at present want a hand , being lately supplied with one but there was another printer in town lately set PART I. 37 . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... his son , who received me civilly , gave me a breakfast , but told me he did not at present want a hand , being lately supplied with one but there was another printer in town lately set PART I. 37 . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... present undertaking and prospects ; while Bradford , ( not discovering that he was the other printer's father , ) on Keimer's saying he expected soon to get the greatest part of the business into his own hands , drew him on by artful ...
... present undertaking and prospects ; while Bradford , ( not discovering that he was the other printer's father , ) on Keimer's saying he expected soon to get the greatest part of the business into his own hands , drew him on by artful ...
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Page 129 - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3 ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Page 133 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 163 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the collector's dish, — gold and all.
Page 36 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father ; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certninly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Page 133 - Thus, in the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking every evening the faults of the day. Thus, if in the first week I could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I...
Page 86 - Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Page 27 - I thought he demeaned me too much in some he required of me, who from a brother expected more indulgence. Our disputes were often brought before our father, and I fancy I was either generally in the right, or else a better pleader, because the judgment was generally in my favor. But my brother was passionate, and had often beaten me, which I took extremely amiss...
Page 34 - ... the shore, got into a creek, landed near an old fence, with the rails of which we made a fire, the night being cold, in October, and there we remained till daylight. Then one of the company knew the place to be Cooper's Creek, a little above Philadelphia, which we saw as soon as we got out of the creek, and arrived there about eight or nine o'clock on the Sunday morning, and landed at the Market Street wharf.
Page 17 - To prevent the apprehended effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman's wages during the last year.
Page 128 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time ; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.