Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... North America in general , leaving the precise situation to be in some mea- sure pointed out by the foregoing extract . B. V. and suffer them to possess it , -these inconveniencies and 28 [ WRITINGS . MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... North America in general , leaving the precise situation to be in some mea- sure pointed out by the foregoing extract . B. V. and suffer them to possess it , -these inconveniencies and 28 [ WRITINGS . MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... leave no family behind them , they are apt to be regardless of the good - will of the people , and care not what is said or thought of them after they are gone . Their situation , at the same time , gives them many opportunities of ...
... leave no family behind them , they are apt to be regardless of the good - will of the people , and care not what is said or thought of them after they are gone . Their situation , at the same time , gives them many opportunities of ...
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... leave a regency in his place , ( his locum tenens as supreme civil magistrate ; ) could he authorise and commission any military commander in chief , to command the militia forts and forces , independent of such regency ? Could he do ...
... leave a regency in his place , ( his locum tenens as supreme civil magistrate ; ) could he authorise and commission any military commander in chief , to command the militia forts and forces , independent of such regency ? Could he do ...
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... leaves no time for fiddling . 1. In the first place , gentlemen , you are to consider , that a great empire , like a great cake , is most easily diminished at the edges . Turn your attention 1 Mr. Burke , in his speech in 1774 ...
... leaves no time for fiddling . 1. In the first place , gentlemen , you are to consider , that a great empire , like a great cake , is most easily diminished at the edges . Turn your attention 1 Mr. Burke , in his speech in 1774 ...
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... leave , give my sentiments of it in your paper . During a century and half that Englishmen have been at liberty to remove if they pleased to America , we have heard of no law to restrain that liberty , and confine them as prisoners in ...
... leave , give my sentiments of it in your paper . During a century and half that Englishmen have been at liberty to remove if they pleased to America , we have heard of no law to restrain that liberty , and confine them as prisoners in ...
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Page 250 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an hour.
Page 190 - Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, .Angels; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle His throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Page 309 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.
Page 249 - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Page 250 - Three removes are as bad as a fire ' ; and again, ' Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ' ; and again, ' If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send.' And again, ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Page 307 - From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.
Page 318 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Page 66 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Page 252 - Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Page 180 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted, by the armed force of the enemy...