The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence Together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, Volumen 12G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1904 |
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... THOUGHT CONCERNING THE SUGAR ISLANDS MDXXXII . - REFLECTIONS ON THE AUGMENTATION OF WAGES WHICH WILL BE OCCA- SIONED IN EUROPE BY THE AMERI- CAN REVOLUTION MDXXXIII . OBSERVATIONS ON WAR • MDXXXIV . - THE CLAIMS OF THE AMERICAN LOY ...
... THOUGHT CONCERNING THE SUGAR ISLANDS MDXXXII . - REFLECTIONS ON THE AUGMENTATION OF WAGES WHICH WILL BE OCCA- SIONED IN EUROPE BY THE AMERI- CAN REVOLUTION MDXXXIII . OBSERVATIONS ON WAR • MDXXXIV . - THE CLAIMS OF THE AMERICAN LOY ...
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... thought that it might be well to establish an office of insurance for farms against the damage that may occur to them from storms , blight , insects , etc. A small sum paid by a number would repair such losses and prevent much poverty ...
... thought that it might be well to establish an office of insurance for farms against the damage that may occur to them from storms , blight , insects , etc. A small sum paid by a number would repair such losses and prevent much poverty ...
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... thought un- worthy , made both the Queen and the Archbishop swear three or four thumping oaths in every sentence of the discussion , and the Archbishop at last gained his point . One present at this tale , being surprised , said : " But ...
... thought un- worthy , made both the Queen and the Archbishop swear three or four thumping oaths in every sentence of the discussion , and the Archbishop at last gained his point . One present at this tale , being surprised , said : " But ...
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... thought fit to deprive me of the office , they left me , however , the privilege of receiving and sending my letters free of postage , which is the usage when a postmaster is not displaced for misconduct in the office ; but , in America ...
... thought fit to deprive me of the office , they left me , however , the privilege of receiving and sending my letters free of postage , which is the usage when a postmaster is not displaced for misconduct in the office ; but , in America ...
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... thought to have contributed much to its repeal . He opposed the Duty Act ; and though he could not prevent its passing , he obtained of Mr. Town- shend an omission of several articles , particularly salt . In the subsequent difference ...
... thought to have contributed much to its repeal . He opposed the Duty Act ; and though he could not prevent its passing , he obtained of Mr. Town- shend an omission of several articles , particularly salt . In the subsequent difference ...
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Página 224 - 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.
Página 163 - God grant that not only the love of liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man, may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say, This is my country!
Página 186 - I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; tho...
Página 56 - The practice of robbing merchants on the high seas, a remnant of the ancient piracy, though it may be accidentally beneficial to particular persons, is far from being profitable to all engaged in it, or to the nation that authorizes it.
Página 161 - Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.* Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov.
Página 132 - Their support is founded in the depravity of such minds, as have not been mended by religion, nor improved by good education; "There is a Lust in Man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing his Neighbour's Shame." Hence; "On Eagle's Wings immortal Scandals fly, While virtuous Actions are but born and die.
Página 79 - To form their style, they should be put on writing letters to each other, making abstracts of what they read, or writing the same things in their own words; telling or writing stories lately read, in their own expressions.
Página 200 - Franklin is dead ! The genius, that freed America and poured a flood of light over Europe, has returned to the bosom of the Divinity. " The sage whom two worlds claim as their own, the man for whom the history of science and the history of empires contend with each other, held, without doubt, a high rank in the human race.
Página 187 - PS Had not your College some Present of Books from the King of France? Please to let me know, if you had an Expectation given you of more, and the Nature of that Expectation? I have a Reason for the Enquiry.
Página 182 - I received the letter you did me the honor of writing to me, and am much obliged by your kind present of a book.