The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the author by J. Sparks, Volumen 10 |
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... thank you . My apprehension , that the union with France might be diminished by ac- counts from home , was occasioned by the extravagant and violent language held here by a public person , in public company , which had that tendency ...
... thank you . My apprehension , that the union with France might be diminished by ac- counts from home , was occasioned by the extravagant and violent language held here by a public person , in public company , which had that tendency ...
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... thank you much for your kind offer re- specting my grandson . I was fully resolved on send- ing him in September last , and engaged Mr. Jay , one of my colleagues , then going to England , to take him over in his company . But , when it ...
... thank you much for your kind offer re- specting my grandson . I was fully resolved on send- ing him in September last , and engaged Mr. Jay , one of my colleagues , then going to England , to take him over in his company . But , when it ...
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... , some enemies in England , but they are my enemies as an American ; I have also two or three in America , who are my enemies as a minister ; but I thank God there are not in 52 [ ĆT . 77 . FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS . To John Jay 6 January.
... , some enemies in England , but they are my enemies as an American ; I have also two or three in America , who are my enemies as a minister ; but I thank God there are not in 52 [ ĆT . 77 . FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS . To John Jay 6 January.
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Benjamin Franklin Jared Sparks. minister ; but I thank God there are not in the whole world any who are my who are my enemies as a man ; for by his grace , through a long life , I have been enabled so to conduct myself , that there does ...
Benjamin Franklin Jared Sparks. minister ; but I thank God there are not in the whole world any who are my who are my enemies as a man ; for by his grace , through a long life , I have been enabled so to conduct myself , that there does ...
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... thank you . The disorders of that government , whose constitution has been so much praised , are come to a height that threat- ens some violent convulsion , if not a dissolution ; and its physicians do not even seem to guess at the ...
... thank you . The disorders of that government , whose constitution has been so much praised , are come to a height that threat- ens some violent convulsion , if not a dissolution ; and its physicians do not even seem to guess at the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 207 - ... the Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops priests, and deacons.
Página 409 - 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 82 - ... debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress you must pay me by lending this sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation when he shall be able and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands before it meets with a knave that will stop its progress.
Página 59 - ... as due to the mandarin himself; on the supposition that it must have been owing to the education, instruction, and good example, afforded him by his parents, that he was rendered capable of serving the public.
Página 408 - 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 11 - I hope it will be lasting, and that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats : for, in my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace.
Página 457 - A True State of the Proceedings in the Parliament of Great Britain, and in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Relative to the Giving and Granting the Money of the People of that Province, and of all America, in the House of Commons, in which they are not represented.
Página 88 - ... be encouraged and promoted by better prospects of success. Let us therefore beware of being lulled into a dangerous security; and of being both enervated and impoverished by luxury; of being weakened by internal contentions and divisions; of being shamefully extravagant in contracting private debts, while we are backward in discharging honorably those of the public ; of neglect in military...
Página 98 - Esquire, President;" and the date supposed to be omitted, perhaps from its not appearing in figures, is nevertheless to be found written in words at length, viz. " this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four," which made the figures unnecessary.
Página 173 - UNDER this marble, or under this sill, Or under this turf, or e'en what they will ; Whatever an heir, or a friend in his stead, Or any good creature shall lay o'er my head, Lies one who ne'er cared, and still cares not a pin What they said, or may say, of the mortal within : But who, living and dying, serene still and free, Trusts in God, that as well as he was, he shall be.