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 1-2Samuel Campbell, Bookseller, No. 124, Pearl Street, New-York, 1794 - Essays |
From inside the book
Page 18
... engaged , because his numerous family and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unre- mittingly employed in the duties of his profeffion . But I very well remember that the leading men of the place ufed frequently to come and afk his ...
... engaged , because his numerous family and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unre- mittingly employed in the duties of his profeffion . But I very well remember that the leading men of the place ufed frequently to come and afk his ...
Page 22
... engaged with my brother . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered my . felf to be perfuaded , and figned my indentures , being then only twelve years of age . It was a- greed that I fhould ferve as apprentice to the age ...
... engaged with my brother . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered my . felf to be perfuaded , and figned my indentures , being then only twelve years of age . It was a- greed that I fhould ferve as apprentice to the age ...
Page 23
... engaged in difpute , and were indeed fo fond of argumentation , that nothing was fo agreea ble to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would obferve by the bye , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and frequently ...
... engaged in difpute , and were indeed fo fond of argumentation , that nothing was fo agreea ble to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would obferve by the bye , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and frequently ...
Page 60
... engaged , that whoever died first fhould return if poilible , and pay a friendly vific to the furvivor , to give him an account of the other world ; but he has never fulfilled his engagement . The governor appeared to be fond of my com ...
... engaged , that whoever died first fhould return if poilible , and pay a friendly vific to the furvivor , to give him an account of the other world ; but he has never fulfilled his engagement . The governor appeared to be fond of my com ...
Page 61
... engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would fend the letters on board , and that he , wished me with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I returned fomewhat aftenith- ed to the hip , but fill without ...
... engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would fend the letters on board , and that he , wished me with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I returned fomewhat aftenith- ed to the hip , but fill without ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affembly affift alfo America becauſe beft Bofton bufinefs cafe citizens confequence confiderable conftitution continued converfation defire difpofed difpute England eſtabliſhed exercife expence expreffed faid fame father fays fchools fecurity feen fenfible fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhewed fhillings fhop fhort fhould filk fince firft fituation fleep fmall fociety fome fometimes foon fpeak France Franklin friends ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupport give governor himſelf honour houfe houſe increaſe inftitution inftructions inhabitants intereft Keimer Lacedemon laft leaft lefs letters liberty Little Britain mafter meaſure ment moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary neral obferved occafion oppofition paffage paffed Pennfylvania perfons Philadelphia philofopher pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible pofition pounds prefent preferve prefident prefs propofed purpoſe racter reafon refpect refufed rife thefe themfelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion univerfal uſeful veffel whofe worfe
Popular passages
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.