Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... kind of a man my father was . He had an excellent constitution , was of a middle stature , well set and very strong . He could draw prettily , was skilled a little in music . His voice was sonorous and agreeable , so that when he played ...
... kind of a man my father was . He had an excellent constitution , was of a middle stature , well set and very strong . He could draw prettily , was skilled a little in music . His voice was sonorous and agreeable , so that when he played ...
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... kind so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those matters , as to be quite indifferent what kind of food was set before me . Indeed I am so unobservant of it , that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after ...
... kind so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those matters , as to be quite indifferent what kind of food was set before me . Indeed I am so unobservant of it , that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after ...
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... kind enough to rouse me . This therefore was the first house I was in or slept in , in Philadelphia . I then walked down towards the river , and looking in the faces of every one , I met a young Quaker man whose countenance pleased me ...
... kind enough to rouse me . This therefore was the first house I was in or slept in , in Philadelphia . I then walked down towards the river , and looking in the faces of every one , I met a young Quaker man whose countenance pleased me ...
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... kind of money we had there , I pro- duced an handful of silver , and spread it before them , which was a kind of raree show they had not been used to , paper being the money of Boston . Then I took an opportunity of letting them see my ...
... kind of money we had there , I pro- duced an handful of silver , and spread it before them , which was a kind of raree show they had not been used to , paper being the money of Boston . Then I took an opportunity of letting them see my ...
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... kind advice , and promised to follow it . When we arrived at New York , they told me where they lived , and invited me to come and see them , but I avoided it , and it was well I did . For the next day the captain missed a silver spoon ...
... kind advice , and promised to follow it . When we arrived at New York , they told me where they lived , and invited me to come and see them , but I avoided it , and it was well I did . For the next day the captain missed a silver spoon ...
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Сторінка 419 - 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.
Сторінка 72 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Сторінка lxxiii - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those .rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Сторінка 296 - Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And, for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
Сторінка 392 - Constitution, for when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Сторінка 294 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Сторінка 88 - 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.
Сторінка lxviii - The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Сторінка lxxii - That it is the opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine states shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
Сторінка 73 - I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish. To avoid the trouble of renewing now and then my little book, which, by scraping out the marks on the paper of old faults to make room for new ones in a new course, became full of holes...