The Beauties of Franklin: Consisting of Selections from His WorksT. Davison, 1834 - 186 pages |
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... my own hands ; and , out of zeal for the public good , design to erect myself into a kind of censor morum ; purposing , with your allowance , to make use of the Weekly Mercury as a vehicle in which my FRANKLIN . 3 The busy-body.
... my own hands ; and , out of zeal for the public good , design to erect myself into a kind of censor morum ; purposing , with your allowance , to make use of the Weekly Mercury as a vehicle in which my FRANKLIN . 3 The busy-body.
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... kind of science , and capable of acquiring to perfection every qualification that is in esteem among mankind . But as few here have the advantage of good books , for want of which good conversation is still more scarce , it would ...
... kind of science , and capable of acquiring to perfection every qualification that is in esteem among mankind . But as few here have the advantage of good books , for want of which good conversation is still more scarce , it would ...
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... kind ; and conclude with telling you , that if you send me a bottle of ink and a quire of paper by the bearer , you may depend on hearing further from , sir , your most humble servant , THE BUSY - BODY . No. II . Feb. 4 , to Feb. 11 ...
... kind ; and conclude with telling you , that if you send me a bottle of ink and a quire of paper by the bearer , you may depend on hearing further from , sir , your most humble servant , THE BUSY - BODY . No. II . Feb. 4 , to Feb. 11 ...
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... kind of veneration . His aspect is sweetened with humanity and benevolence , and at the same time emboldened with resolution , equally free from diffident bashfulness , and an unbecoming as- The consciousness of his own innate worth and ...
... kind of veneration . His aspect is sweetened with humanity and benevolence , and at the same time emboldened with resolution , equally free from diffident bashfulness , and an unbecoming as- The consciousness of his own innate worth and ...
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... kind . But as I know the mob hate instruc- tion , and the generality would never read beyond the first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but wholesome precepts and advice , I must therefore sometimes humour ...
... kind . But as I know the mob hate instruc- tion , and the generality would never read beyond the first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but wholesome precepts and advice , I must therefore sometimes humour ...
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Page 124 - 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 85 - 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 101 - We have had some experience of it : several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods; unable to bear either cold or hunger; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly ; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors ; they were totally...
Page 124 - ... to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas...
Page 185 - 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 ; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation ; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Page 101 - We are convinced, therefore, that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will...
Page 186 - Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Page 150 - In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself ; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history ; for, even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.
Page 70 - I soon found the advantage of this change in my manner; the conversations I engaged in went on more pleasantly. The modest way in which I proposed my opinions procured them a readier reception and less contradiction; I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong, and I more easily prevailed with others to give up their mistakes and join with me when I happened to be in the right.
Page 69 - ... has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion- to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time...