Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humourous, Moral & Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator. In Two Volumes, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page 61
His object was supposed to be the establishing a corre . spondence with some
mercantile houses , in order to sell goods by commillion ; but I afterwards ,
learned , that , having reason to be dissatisfied with the parents of his wife , he
proposed ...
His object was supposed to be the establishing a corre . spondence with some
mercantile houses , in order to sell goods by commillion ; but I afterwards ,
learned , that , having reason to be dissatisfied with the parents of his wife , he
proposed ...
Page 83
I know that I am no workman ; but if you agree to the proposal , your skill in the
business will be balanced by the capital I will furnish and we will share the profits
equally . " His proposal was reasonable , and I fell in with it . His father who was ...
I know that I am no workman ; but if you agree to the proposal , your skill in the
business will be balanced by the capital I will furnish and we will share the profits
equally . " His proposal was reasonable , and I fell in with it . His father who was ...
Page 148
He wilhed too that the officers Thould be appointed altogether by himself , and
not be nominated by the people , as the bill had proposed . These amendments
the assembly confidered as inconsistent with the spirit of liberty . They would not
...
He wilhed too that the officers Thould be appointed altogether by himself , and
not be nominated by the people , as the bill had proposed . These amendments
the assembly confidered as inconsistent with the spirit of liberty . They would not
...
Page 171
... will be continued without interrup . ition , and have the effects proposed ; I hope
however , that , if the inhabitants of the two cities should not think fit to undertake
the execution , they will at least accept the offer of these donations , as a mark ...
... will be continued without interrup . ition , and have the effects proposed ; I hope
however , that , if the inhabitants of the two cities should not think fit to undertake
the execution , they will at least accept the offer of these donations , as a mark ...
Page 61
TOUR obfervations on the causes of death , and the experiments which you
propose for " iccalling to life thiole who appear to be ki led by lightning ,
demonstrate equally your fagacity and humanity . It appears that the doctrines of
life and death ...
TOUR obfervations on the causes of death , and the experiments which you
propose for " iccalling to life thiole who appear to be ki led by lightning ,
demonstrate equally your fagacity and humanity . It appears that the doctrines of
life and death ...
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Page 10 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Page 128 - 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. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Page 10 - ... but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Page 162 - 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 30 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes an hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even...
Page 97 - The business of the women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their memories, for they have no writing, and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve...
Page 7 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 57 - But to throw one's self into cold spring water, when the body has been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal.
Page 54 - I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use.
Page 31 - He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds. Remember that six pounds a year is but a groat a day. For this little sum (which may be daily wasted either in time or expense unperceived) a man of credit may, on his own security, have the constant possession and use of an hundred pounds.
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| Title | Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humourous, Moral & Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator. In Two Volumes, Volumes 1-2 Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humourous, Moral & Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator. In Two Volumes, Benjamin Franklin |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Published | 1794 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2006 |
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