The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation |
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... seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it ; and , to render this remembrance more durable , to record them in writing . In thus employing myself I shall yield to the incli- nation , so natural to old men , of talking of ...
... seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it ; and , to render this remembrance more durable , to record them in writing . In thus employing myself I shall yield to the incli- nation , so natural to old men , of talking of ...
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... seems , was not made in Philadelphia . I then asked for a three - penny loaf , and was told they had none . Not knowing the different prices , nor the names of the dif- ferent sorts of bread , I told him to give me three - penny worth ...
... seems , was not made in Philadelphia . I then asked for a three - penny loaf , and was told they had none . Not knowing the different prices , nor the names of the dif- ferent sorts of bread , I told him to give me three - penny worth ...
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... seems not to know much of the world , or of the snares youth is exposed to ; de- pend upon it , these are very bad women ; I can see it by all their actions ; and if thee art not upon thy ⚫ guard , they will draw thee into some danger ...
... seems not to know much of the world , or of the snares youth is exposed to ; de- pend upon it , these are very bad women ; I can see it by all their actions ; and if thee art not upon thy ⚫ guard , they will draw thee into some danger ...
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... seems to have no choice of words ; he hesitates and blunders ; and yet , good God , how he writes ! " When we next met , Ralph discovered the trick we had play- ed , and Osborne was laughed at . This transaction fixed Ralph in his ...
... seems to have no choice of words ; he hesitates and blunders ; and yet , good God , how he writes ! " When we next met , Ralph discovered the trick we had play- ed , and Osborne was laughed at . This transaction fixed Ralph in his ...
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... seems to relate to an observance among the Jews not to pronounce the proper or peculiar name of God , they deeming it a profanation so to do . We have in our language no proper name for God ; the word God being a common , or general ...
... seems to relate to an observance among the Jews not to pronounce the proper or peculiar name of God , they deeming it a profanation so to do . We have in our language no proper name for God ; the word God being a common , or general ...
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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