Benjamin Franklin, Self-revealed: A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on His Own Writings, Volumen 1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917 |
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... turn of mind was disclosed even in the devices with which he is pictured in his old age as relieving the irksomeness of physical effort the rolling press with which he copied his letters , the fan which he worked with his foot in warm ...
... turn of mind was disclosed even in the devices with which he is pictured in his old age as relieving the irksomeness of physical effort the rolling press with which he copied his letters , the fan which he worked with his foot in warm ...
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... as Town Oracle and City Builder . Then there is the episode of scientific inquiry , all too brief , when the prosperous printer and tradesman , appraising wealth at its true value , turns away from his Introduction 3.
... as Town Oracle and City Builder . Then there is the episode of scientific inquiry , all too brief , when the prosperous printer and tradesman , appraising wealth at its true value , turns away from his Introduction 3.
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... turns away from his printing press and stock of merchandise to give himself up with enthusiastic ardor to the study of electrical phenomena . Then there is the long term of public employment , be- ginning with the Clerkship of the ...
... turns away from his printing press and stock of merchandise to give himself up with enthusiastic ardor to the study of electrical phenomena . Then there is the long term of public employment , be- ginning with the Clerkship of the ...
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... turn of phrase , and even tone of voice , and accent in pronuncia- tion , all please , and seem to refresh and revive me , " he said in his old age in a letter to the Rev. John Lathrop . Philadelphia , the most populous and opulent of ...
... turn of phrase , and even tone of voice , and accent in pronuncia- tion , all please , and seem to refresh and revive me , " he said in his old age in a letter to the Rev. John Lathrop . Philadelphia , the most populous and opulent of ...
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... turn for libelling and satyr " ; how his indiscreet disputations about religion caused him to be pointed at with horror by good people in the same starch town as an infidel or atheist ; how he availed him- self of a fraud in the second ...
... turn for libelling and satyr " ; how his indiscreet disputations about religion caused him to be pointed at with horror by good people in the same starch town as an infidel or atheist ; how he availed him- self of a fraud in the second ...
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Página 112 - 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. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Página 62 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket...
Página 394 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Página 263 - At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbour to converse with. and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life...
Página 184 - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
Página 107 - The rapid Progress true Science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the Height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the Power of Man over Matter.
Página 334 - The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, • At any other time, friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely ; but not now, for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.
Página 464 - I am very sorry, that you intend soon to leave our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her.
Página 207 - We have an English proverb that says, "He that would thrive, must ask his wife.
Página 51 - I used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume, that the same goodness will still be exercised...