The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin FranklinJ. West, 1811 - 182 стор. |
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... readers , yet , if they make a deep impression on one active mind in a hundred , the effects may be considerable . Permit me to mention one little instance , which , though it relates to myself , will not be quite un- interesting to you ...
... readers , yet , if they make a deep impression on one active mind in a hundred , the effects may be considerable . Permit me to mention one little instance , which , though it relates to myself , will not be quite un- interesting to you ...
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... readers , who with me have never seen any signs of sunshine before noon , and seldom regard the astronomical part of the almanack , will be as much astonished as I was , when they hear of his rising so early ; and es- pecially when I ...
... readers , who with me have never seen any signs of sunshine before noon , and seldom regard the astronomical part of the almanack , will be as much astonished as I was , when they hear of his rising so early ; and es- pecially when I ...
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... reader is apt to modulate wrong , and finding he has done so , he is obliged to go back and begin the sentence again ; which lessens the pleasure of the hearers . This leads me to men- tion an old error in our mode of printing . We are ...
... reader is apt to modulate wrong , and finding he has done so , he is obliged to go back and begin the sentence again ; which lessens the pleasure of the hearers . This leads me to men- tion an old error in our mode of printing . We are ...
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... reader and hearers . My best wishes attend you , being , with sin- cere esteem , Sir , Your most obedient and very humble servant , B. FRANKLIN . AN ACCOUNT OF THE HIGHEST COURT OF JUDICATURE IN PENNSYLVANIA . -viz.- THE COURT OF THE ...
... reader and hearers . My best wishes attend you , being , with sin- cere esteem , Sir , Your most obedient and very humble servant , B. FRANKLIN . AN ACCOUNT OF THE HIGHEST COURT OF JUDICATURE IN PENNSYLVANIA . -viz.- THE COURT OF THE ...
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... reader should give the due modulation to his voice , and pronounce properly , unless his understanding goes before his ... readers we scarcely find a good one . For want of good reading pieces published with a view to influence the minds ...
... reader should give the due modulation to his voice , and pronounce properly , unless his understanding goes before his ... readers we scarcely find a good one . For want of good reading pieces published with a view to influence the minds ...
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Сторінка 32 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day : demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Сторінка 10 - I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Сторінка 33 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Сторінка 10 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth. This put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and they laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Сторінка 17 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race who lived and flourished long before my time that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion, since by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably...
Сторінка 32 - He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare. This is sometimes of great use. After industry and frugality, nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings ; therefore, never keep borrowed money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever.
Сторінка 31 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.
Сторінка 11 - I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Сторінка 17 - I listened through curiosity to the discourse of these little creatures ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation. I found, however, by some broken expressions that I heard now...
Сторінка 20 - Circumspection, which surveys the whole chess-board, or scene of action ; the relations of the several pieces and situations, the dangers they are respectively exposed to, the several possibilities of their aiding each other, the probabilities that the adversary may...