Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 1H. Colburn, 1833 |
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... reason of it , and several other gen- tlemen among his friends had made the same obser- vation , & c . Yesterday he called to visit me , when , mischievously bent to try his judgment , I stepped into my closet , tore off the top of Mr ...
... reason of it , and several other gen- tlemen among his friends had made the same obser- vation , & c . Yesterday he called to visit me , when , mischievously bent to try his judgment , I stepped into my closet , tore off the top of Mr ...
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... reasons pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves ; and at other times another , the first being out of sight . Hence the various purposes or incli- nations that alternately ...
... reasons pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves ; and at other times another , the first being out of sight . Hence the various purposes or incli- nations that alternately ...
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... reason pro equal to some two reasons con , I strike out the three . If I judge some two reasons con equal to some three reasons pro , I strike out the five ; and thus proceeding , I find at length where the balance lies ; and if after a ...
... reason pro equal to some two reasons con , I strike out the three . If I judge some two reasons con equal to some three reasons pro , I strike out the five ; and thus proceeding , I find at length where the balance lies ; and if after a ...
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... reason of your being weary of St. Omers , viz . that you are out of temper , which is the effect of full living and idleness . A month in Bride- well , beating hemp , upon bread and water , would give you health and spirits , and ...
... reason of your being weary of St. Omers , viz . that you are out of temper , which is the effect of full living and idleness . A month in Bride- well , beating hemp , upon bread and water , would give you health and spirits , and ...
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... reasons for postponing a war , but is making daily the most dili- gent preparations ; wherein Spain goes hand in hand . In the mean time , America has the whole harvest of prizes made upon the British commerce ; a kind of monopoly that ...
... reasons for postponing a war , but is making daily the most dili- gent preparations ; wherein Spain goes hand in hand . In the mean time , America has the whole harvest of prizes made upon the British commerce ; a kind of monopoly that ...
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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.