The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation |
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... present volume it is printed from the genuine copy . Notes have been added to illustrate some parts , and the whole is divided into chapters , of suitable length , for the convenience of readers . In In writing the Continuation , it has ...
... present volume it is printed from the genuine copy . Notes have been added to illustrate some parts , and the whole is divided into chapters , of suitable length , for the convenience of readers . In In writing the Continuation , it has ...
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... present a Pe- tition to the King , and to act in England as an Agent for Penn- sylvania . Meets Lord Loudoun in New York . - Anecdotes illus- trating his Character . - Sails from New York . - Incidents of the Voyage . - Arrives in ...
... present a Pe- tition to the King , and to act in England as an Agent for Penn- sylvania . Meets Lord Loudoun in New York . - Anecdotes illus- trating his Character . - Sails from New York . - Incidents of the Voyage . - Arrives in ...
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... present opinions . Modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave you undisturbed in the possession of your errors . In adopting such a manner , you can seldom expect to please your hearers , or obtain the ...
... present opinions . Modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave you undisturbed in the possession of your errors . In adopting such a manner , you can seldom expect to please your hearers , or obtain the ...
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... present at the conversation . Defoe has imitated him successfully in his Robinson Crusoe , in his Moll Flan- ders , and other pieces ; and Richardson has done the same in his Pamela , & c . On approaching the island , we found it was in ...
... present at the conversation . Defoe has imitated him successfully in his Robinson Crusoe , in his Moll Flan- ders , and other pieces ; and Richardson has done the same in his Pamela , & c . On approaching the island , we found it was in ...
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... present want a hand , being lately supplied with one ; but there was another printer in town , lately set up , one Keimer , who per- haps might employ me ; if not , I should be welcome to lodge at his house , and he would give me a ...
... present want a hand , being lately supplied with one ; but there was another printer in town , lately set up , one Keimer , who per- haps might employ me ; if not , I should be welcome to lodge at his house , and he would give me a ...
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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