Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writingsH. Colburn, 1819 |
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... the public , will meet with the same favorable reception as the four that have preceded them ; and that the whole will prove a lasting monument commemorative of the virtues and talents of a man who , in every character , PREFACE . ix.
... the public , will meet with the same favorable reception as the four that have preceded them ; and that the whole will prove a lasting monument commemorative of the virtues and talents of a man who , in every character , PREFACE . ix.
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... Virtue and Pleasure 62 A Second Dialogue , by the same Public Men Self - denial not the essence of Virtue On the Usefulness of the Mathematics On true Happiness On Discoveries The Waste of Life Advice to a young Tradesman 69 69 77 84 87 ...
... Virtue and Pleasure 62 A Second Dialogue , by the same Public Men Self - denial not the essence of Virtue On the Usefulness of the Mathematics On true Happiness On Discoveries The Waste of Life Advice to a young Tradesman 69 69 77 84 87 ...
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... virtue ; and that which he delights in , must be happy . -CATO . PART I. - FIRST PRINCIPLES . I BELIEVE there is one supreme most perfect Being , author and father of the gods themselves . ' This paper is dated PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 20 ...
... virtue ; and that which he delights in , must be happy . -CATO . PART I. - FIRST PRINCIPLES . I BELIEVE there is one supreme most perfect Being , author and father of the gods themselves . ' This paper is dated PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 20 ...
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... virtue a man can have no happiness in this world , I firmly believe he delights to see me virtuous , because he is pleased when he sees me happy . And since he has created many things which seem purely designed for the delight of man ...
... virtue a man can have no happiness in this world , I firmly believe he delights to see me virtuous , because he is pleased when he sees me happy . And since he has created many things which seem purely designed for the delight of man ...
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... virtue ; thou art my friend , my father , and my benefactor . - Praised be thy name , O God , for ever ! Amen . [ After this , it will not be improper to read part of some such book as Ray's Wisdom of God in the Creation , or Blackmore ...
... virtue ; thou art my friend , my father , and my benefactor . - Praised be thy name , O God , for ever ! Amen . [ After this , it will not be improper to read part of some such book as Ray's Wisdom of God in the Creation , or Blackmore ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abbé Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America assemblies better bills Britain British colonies and plantations commerce common constitution crown debt duty enemy England English school established exercise expense favor February 18 Franklin French friends give Glaucon Gout governors grand council happiness honor Horatio increase Indian inhabitants kind king Kinnersley land language Latin laws learning legal tender liberty live Majesty's master means ment merchants mind nation natural necessary never obliged observed occasion opinion paid paper paper-money parliament of England Pennsylvania Gazette perhaps person Philocles pleasure Poor Richard says pounds present province qu'il quit-rent racter reason respect Rhode Island ruined salaries scholars settled settlement shillings Socrates souris stamp act subsistence supposed taxes thee things thou thought tion tongue trade trustees union virtue whole
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Página 112 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality ; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough.
Página 154 - Experience of it: Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, or Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are...
Página 115 - A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Página 217 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Página 6 - Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, .Angels; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle His throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Página 236 - I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. This however was afterwards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to myself, Don't give too much for the whistle; and I saved my money.
Página 113 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, ' diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Página 7 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Página 415 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Página 112 - Industry need not wish, as Poor Richard says and he that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains; then help hands for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed.