Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1M'Carty & Davis, 1834 |
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Halaman iii
... governor , dispute with lieutenant - governor Hutchinson , 86 . Bond , Dr. Thomas , proposes an hospital in Philadel phia , 49 . Boston , resolutions of the town of , 84 - Tumult with the people and the soldiers , 86 . Braddock ...
... governor , dispute with lieutenant - governor Hutchinson , 86 . Bond , Dr. Thomas , proposes an hospital in Philadel phia , 49 . Boston , resolutions of the town of , 84 - Tumult with the people and the soldiers , 86 . Braddock ...
Halaman v
... governor refuses to ratify , 77 . Priestly's , Dr. , testimony of the merits of Franklin's discoveries in electricity , 80 - His account of Frank- lin's demeanour before the privy council , 87 . Privateering , proposes to put an end to ...
... governor refuses to ratify , 77 . Priestly's , Dr. , testimony of the merits of Franklin's discoveries in electricity , 80 - His account of Frank- lin's demeanour before the privy council , 87 . Privateering , proposes to put an end to ...
Halaman xvi
... governor Franklin , then residing in London , communicated to him the preceding informa- tion , and enclosing a duplicate for Mr. T. Franklin , then in Paris . From the governor a most feeling and manly letter was received ; but ...
... governor Franklin , then residing in London , communicated to him the preceding informa- tion , and enclosing a duplicate for Mr. T. Franklin , then in Paris . From the governor a most feeling and manly letter was received ; but ...
Halaman xvii
... governor invested Franklin with ample military powers , and the rank of colonel ; his son , afterwards governor of Jersey , who had been an officer in the previous Canada war , became his aid - de - camp . Though there was no inva- sion ...
... governor invested Franklin with ample military powers , and the rank of colonel ; his son , afterwards governor of Jersey , who had been an officer in the previous Canada war , became his aid - de - camp . Though there was no inva- sion ...
Halaman xviii
... governor . Keep an account whose hands you put them into : let them be prudent , sober , careful men , such as will not rashly hurt our friends with them , and such as will honestly return them when peace shall be happily restored . I ...
... governor . Keep an account whose hands you put them into : let them be prudent , sober , careful men , such as will not rashly hurt our friends with them , and such as will honestly return them when peace shall be happily restored . I ...
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Halaman 198 - 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.
Halaman 34 - Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Halaman 33 - For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon.
Halaman 34 - Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion — bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Halaman 43 - 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.
Halaman 6 - Spectator, and turned them into verse : and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I also sometimes jumbled my...
Halaman 370 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Halaman 34 - I crossed these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues; on which line, and in its proper column, I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue, upon that day I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively.
Halaman 7 - ... believe, has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion- to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time...
Halaman 10 - He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was surprised at the quantity, but took it, and having no room in my pockets, walked off with a roll under each arm and eating the other. Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr.