The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2
... vanity . Indeed , I never heard or saw the introductory words , " Without vanity I may say , " & c . , but some vain thing immediately followed . Most people dislike vanity in others , whatever share they 2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... vanity . Indeed , I never heard or saw the introductory words , " Without vanity I may say , " & c . , but some vain thing immediately followed . Most people dislike vanity in others , whatever share they 2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
Page 12
... never employed in the latter , the numerous family he had to educate , and the straitness of his circumstances , keeping him close to his trade ; but I remember well his being frequent- ly visited by leading men , who consulted him for ...
... never employed in the latter , the numerous family he had to educate , and the straitness of his circumstances , keeping him close to his trade ; but I remember well his being frequent- ly visited by leading men , who consulted him for ...
Page 13
... never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness , but that of which they died ; he at eighty - nine , and she at eighty- five years of age . They lie buried together at Bos- ton , where I some years since placed a marble over ...
... never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness , but that of which they died ; he at eighty - nine , and she at eighty- five years of age . They lie buried together at Bos- ton , where I some years since placed a marble over ...
Page 18
... never before seen any of them . I bought it , read it over and over , and was much de- lighted with it . I thought the writing excellent , and wished if possible to imitate it . With that view , I took some of the papers , and making ...
... never before seen any of them . I bought it , read it over and over , and was much de- lighted with it . I thought the writing excellent , and wished if possible to imitate it . With that view , I took some of the papers , and making ...
Page 27
... never heard of before . The whole country suffers for the villanies of a few such wolves in sheep's clothing , and we are all represented as a pack of knaves and hypocrites for their sakes . " Sentiments like these were thought worthy ...
... never heard of before . The whole country suffers for the villanies of a few such wolves in sheep's clothing , and we are all represented as a pack of knaves and hypocrites for their sakes . " Sentiments like these were thought worthy ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquainted affairs afterwards American appeared appointed arrived Assembly Benjamin Franklin Boston Britain British captain character colonies commissioners conduct Congress continued Count de Vergennes court desire Ecton endeavour England father favor formed France French friends gave give Governor hands honor inhabitants instructions Keimer King land letter liberty London Lord Lord Chatham Lord Dartmouth Lord Hillsborough Lord Kames Lord Loudoun Lord Shelburne Massachusetts ment ministers ministry morning negotiation never night obtained occasion opinion paper Paris Parliament peace Pennsylvania persons Peter Folger petition Philadelphia philosophical political pounds sterling present principal printed procure proposed Proprietaries province published Quakers received respect Richard Bache sail Sarah Bache says sent ship Society soon Stamp Act thing thought thousand pounds tion took town trade treaty United William William Temple Franklin wind writing wrote
Popular passages
Page 510 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 110 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 593 - 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 111 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Page 34 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Page 106 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Page 515 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born and here they shall die.
Page 593 - 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. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Page 109 - I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively. Thus, in the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking every evening the faults of the day. Thus, if in the first week I could keep my first line, marked T...
Page 107 - My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once but to fix it on one of them at a time, and when I should be master of that, then to proceed to another, and so on till I should have gone thro