Lessons from the Life of Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790P. Paul & Bro., 1891 - 120 pages |
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... Governor George Keith . He could give me no employment , having little to do , and hands enough already ; but he said , " My son at Philadelphia has lately lost his principal hand , Aquila Rose , by death ; if you go thither , I believe ...
... Governor George Keith . He could give me no employment , having little to do , and hands enough already ; but he said , " My son at Philadelphia has lately lost his principal hand , Aquila Rose , by death ; if you go thither , I believe ...
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... Governor of the Province , was then at Newcastle , and Captain Holmes , happening to be in company with him when my letter came to hand , spoke to him of me , and showed him the letter . The governor read it , and seemed surprised when ...
... Governor of the Province , was then at Newcastle , and Captain Holmes , happening to be in company with him when my letter came to hand , spoke to him of me , and showed him the letter . The governor read it , and seemed surprised when ...
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... governor and another gentleman ( who proved to be Colonel French of Newcastle ) , finely dressed , come directly across the street to our house , and heard them at the door . Keimer ran down immediately , thinking it a visit to him ...
... governor and another gentleman ( who proved to be Colonel French of Newcastle ) , finely dressed , come directly across the street to our house , and heard them at the door . Keimer ran down immediately , thinking it a visit to him ...
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... governor gave me an ample letter , saying many flattering things of me to my father , and strongly recommending the project of my setting up at Phila- delphia as a thing that would make my fortune . We struck on a shoal in going down ...
... governor gave me an ample letter , saying many flattering things of me to my father , and strongly recommending the project of my setting up at Phila- delphia as a thing that would make my fortune . We struck on a shoal in going down ...
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... governor's letter with some surprise , but said little of it to me for some time , when Captain Holmes returning , he showed it to him , and asked him if he knew Sir William Keith , and what kind of man he was ; adding that he must be ...
... governor's letter with some surprise , but said little of it to me for some time , when Captain Holmes returning , he showed it to him , and asked him if he knew Sir William Keith , and what kind of man he was ; adding that he must be ...
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Page 56 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time ; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Page 3 - ... length to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind and make me master of it. Therefore, I took some of the tales and turned them into verse; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again.
Page 3 - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Page 57 - In the various enumerations of the moral virtues I had met with in my reading, I found the catalogue more or less numerous, as different writers included more or fewer ideas under the same name. Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Page 42 - I had form'd most of my ingenious acquaintance into a club of mutual improvement, which we called the JUNTO ; we met on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company ; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased.
Page 55 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 58 - I cross'd these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues, on which line, and in its proper column...
Page 42 - Our debates were to be under the direction of a president and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory ; and to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions or direct contradiction were after some time made contraband and prohibited under small pecuniary penalties.
Page 62 - I had early so much weight with my fellowcitizens when I proposed new institutions, or alterations in the old, and so much influence in public councils when I became a member ; for I was but a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct in language, and yet I generally carried my points.
Page 15 - ... with one; but there was another printer in town, lately set up, one Keimer, who, perhaps, might employ me; if not, I should be welcome to lodge at his house, and he would give me a little work to do now and then till fuller business should offer. The old gentleman said he would go with me to the new printer; and when we found him, "Neighbor," says Bradford, "I have brought to see you a young man of your business ; perhaps you may want such a one.