Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 1H. Colburn, 1833 |
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... piece . Excuse my talking to you on a sub- ject with which you must be so much better ac- quainted than I am . It is partly to make out a letter , and partly in hope that by turning your at- tention to the point , some methods of ...
... piece . Excuse my talking to you on a sub- ject with which you must be so much better ac- quainted than I am . It is partly to make out a letter , and partly in hope that by turning your at- tention to the point , some methods of ...
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... piece of mine on the same occasion . I perused your tracts with pleasure : I see you inherit all the various learning of your famous ances- tors , Cotton and Increase Mather . The father , In- crease , I once heard preach at the Old ...
... piece of mine on the same occasion . I perused your tracts with pleasure : I see you inherit all the various learning of your famous ances- tors , Cotton and Increase Mather . The father , In- crease , I once heard preach at the Old ...
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... piece of a governor ( and I think a very good one ) for a fortnight , and might have been so till this time , if your wicked army , enemies to all good govern- ment , had not come and driven me out , I found her still in quiet ...
... piece of a governor ( and I think a very good one ) for a fortnight , and might have been so till this time , if your wicked army , enemies to all good govern- ment , had not come and driven me out , I found her still in quiet ...
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... moral , prudential or economical precept , the frequent inculcation of which , by seeing every time one receives a piece of money , might it make an impression upon the mind , especially of young OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 41.
... moral , prudential or economical precept , the frequent inculcation of which , by seeing every time one receives a piece of money , might it make an impression upon the mind , especially of young OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 41.
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... piece of Oxford wit , which I lately received , hoping it may afford you amusement . Pre- sent my respects to your good mother and sisters , and believe me ever , my dear friend , yours most affectionately , B. FRANKLIN . P.S. Permit me ...
... piece of Oxford wit , which I lately received , hoping it may afford you amusement . Pre- sent my respects to your good mother and sisters , and believe me ever , my dear friend , yours most affectionately , B. FRANKLIN . P.S. Permit me ...
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acquainted act of parliament Adieu affairs affectionately America answer appear assembly believe best wishes Boston Britain colonies commerce Comte de Ségur congress continue copy DAVID HARTLEY dear friend DEAR SIR desire duty effect enclosed endeavor enemies England English Europe expect favor France gentlemen give glad gout GOVERNOR FRANKLIN hand happy hear heard honor hope humble servant JOSEPH GALLOWAY kind letter king late liberty live London Lord Dartmouth Lord Hillsborough Lord Shelburne lordship manufactures March 13 means ment mention merchants minister ministry mischief nation never obedient obliged obtain occasion opinion paper Paris parliament Passy peace perhaps petition Philadelphia pleased pleasure present printed proposed reason received repeal respect seems sent sentiments sincere esteem Sir William Johnson soon suppose thank thing THOMAS CUSHING thought tion trade treaty writing
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Página 145 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, " You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Página 400 - Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America. From these data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory.
Página 263 - As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see...
Página 135 - I am, on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more like a turkey. For in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America. Eagles have been found in all countries, but the turkey was peculiar to ours...
Página 396 - You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first.
Página 251 - 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 51 - I must soon quit the scene, but you may live to see our country flourish, as it will amazingly and rapidly after the war is over ; like a field of young Indian corn, which long fair weather and sunshine had enfeebled and discolored, and which in that weak state, by a...
Página 299 - The more I have thought and read on the subject. the more I find myself confirmed in opinion that no middle doctrine can be well maintained, I mean not clearly with intelligible arguments. Something might be made of either of the extremes : that Parliament has a power to make all laws for us, or that it has a power to make no laws for us ; and I think the arguments for the latter more numerous and weighty, than those of the former.
Página 177 - I say, that when I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls, or believe that He will suffer the daily waste of millions of minds ready made, that now exist, and put himself to the continual trouble of making new ones. Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall in some shape or other always exist; and, with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine, —hoping, however,...
Página 42 - He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.