Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, 第 1 巻M'Carty & Davis, 1834 |
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... court of France , 142 - Experi- ments during the voyage , 143 - Receives à present of Cook's Voyages from the British government , 153– Private Journal , 153 - Requests leave to retire on ac- count of age , 153 - The congress refuse his ...
... court of France , 142 - Experi- ments during the voyage , 143 - Receives à present of Cook's Voyages from the British government , 153– Private Journal , 153 - Requests leave to retire on ac- count of age , 153 - The congress refuse his ...
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... court . His conduct in England is exemplified throughout by sagacity , intelligence , and prudence , blended with cou- rage of a rare kind ; the confidence of the Earl of Chatham counterpoised the 1 hostility of the court ; but his ...
... court . His conduct in England is exemplified throughout by sagacity , intelligence , and prudence , blended with cou- rage of a rare kind ; the confidence of the Earl of Chatham counterpoised the 1 hostility of the court ; but his ...
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... court of France gave extreme mortification to the British ministers . Whether the attempts made to poison him by a present of wine , or the attempt to seduce him into a meeting at one of the churches ; was the act of the ministers , or ...
... court of France gave extreme mortification to the British ministers . Whether the attempts made to poison him by a present of wine , or the attempt to seduce him into a meeting at one of the churches ; was the act of the ministers , or ...
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... court of Versailles , when some of his colleagues were wantonly intruding individual views on the attention of the court ; at the same time he was traduced by a private correspondence with members of Congress , the substance of which ...
... court of Versailles , when some of his colleagues were wantonly intruding individual views on the attention of the court ; at the same time he was traduced by a private correspondence with members of Congress , the substance of which ...
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... court of Versailles , and had appropriated it to his private use . The writer of this preface has frequently heard the calumny unreservedly uttered ; and it was not until Thomas Jefferson entered upon the presidential duties , that the ...
... court of Versailles , and had appropriated it to his private use . The writer of this preface has frequently heard the calumny unreservedly uttered ; and it was not until Thomas Jefferson entered upon the presidential duties , that the ...
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198 ページ - 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.
34 ページ - Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
33 ページ - For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon.
34 ページ - 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.
43 ページ - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften and concluded to give the copper.
6 ページ - Spectator, and turned them into verse : and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I also sometimes jumbled my...
370 ページ - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
34 ページ - I crossed 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, I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue, upon that day I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively.
7 ページ - ... believe, has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion- to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time...
10 ページ - He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was surprised at the quantity, but took it, and having no room in my pockets, walked off with a roll under each arm and eating the other. Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr.