Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... thing , because its country is not at present so much exposed as others , or because another will reap more immediate advantage ; from one or other of which causes , the assemblies of six ( out of seven ) colonies applied to , had ...
... thing , because its country is not at present so much exposed as others , or because another will reap more immediate advantage ; from one or other of which causes , the assemblies of six ( out of seven ) colonies applied to , had ...
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... thing . " That by a subsequent article , the council chosen by the people can effect nothing without the consent of the president general appointed by the crown ; the crown possesses therefore full one half of the power of this ...
... thing . " That by a subsequent article , the council chosen by the people can effect nothing without the consent of the president general appointed by the crown ; the crown possesses therefore full one half of the power of this ...
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... things as these , I apprehend , will be thought and said by the people , if the proposed alteration of the Albany plan ... thing go into confusion . Perhaps I am too apprehensive in this matter ; but having freely given my opinion and ...
... things as these , I apprehend , will be thought and said by the people , if the proposed alteration of the Albany plan ... thing go into confusion . Perhaps I am too apprehensive in this matter ; but having freely given my opinion and ...
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... thing may be for a particular purpose , wherever that thing is not to be had , or not to be had in sufficient quantity , it becomes necessary to use something else , the fittest that can be got , in lieu of it . Gold and silver are not ...
... thing may be for a particular purpose , wherever that thing is not to be had , or not to be had in sufficient quantity , it becomes necessary to use something else , the fittest that can be got , in lieu of it . Gold and silver are not ...
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... this paper : but this notion appears to be by no means just . For if the paper purchases every thing but bills of exchange at the former rate , and these bills are not above 40 [ WRITINGS . MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... this paper : but this notion appears to be by no means just . For if the paper purchases every thing but bills of exchange at the former rate , and these bills are not above 40 [ WRITINGS . MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America appear better bills body Britain British chimney coin cold colonies commerce common conductor continued crown debt degree descending discharge duty earth England English equal expense fire fluid force Franklin friends funnel give glass Glaucon gold and silver governors grand council greater heat Helvetius Hence inches inconvenience increase Indians industry inhabitants kingdom of England labor land laws legal tender less liberty locum tenens manufactures means merchants motion nation natural necessary never observed occasion opinion paper paper-money parliament of England particles passing perhaps persons plate pleasure poor Portugal pound weight present produce proportion province quantity reason receive Rhode Island rise settlements shillings ships side smoke Spain stamp act subsistence sufficient suppose taxes thing thought trade vessel warm whole wind
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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.
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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.
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