The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of Independence, and of the Various Negociations at Paris for Peace; with the History of His Political and Other Writings |
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Concluding with thanks for peace and liberty , food and raiment , for the common benefits of life , for friends and their prosperity , for the fewness of his enemies , & c . To insure the habit of attention to these rules of conduct ...
Concluding with thanks for peace and liberty , food and raiment , for the common benefits of life , for friends and their prosperity , for the fewness of his enemies , & c . To insure the habit of attention to these rules of conduct ...
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He says nobly , that while some of his enemies affected to suppose Whitfield had sinister views in his public collections , he , who knew him intimately ( being employed in printing his sermons , journals , & c . ) ...
He says nobly , that while some of his enemies affected to suppose Whitfield had sinister views in his public collections , he , who knew him intimately ( being employed in printing his sermons , journals , & c . ) ...
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The enemy , " says he , " no doubt have been told , that the people of Pennsylvania are Quakers , and are against all defence , from a principle of conscience ; this , though true of a part , and that a small part only , of the ...
The enemy , " says he , " no doubt have been told , that the people of Pennsylvania are Quakers , and are against all defence , from a principle of conscience ; this , though true of a part , and that a small part only , of the ...
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It is said by some , that the expense of a vessel to guard our trade would be very heavy , greater than perhaps all the enemy can be supposed to take from us at sea would amount to ; and that it would be cheaper for the government to ...
It is said by some , that the expense of a vessel to guard our trade would be very heavy , greater than perhaps all the enemy can be supposed to take from us at sea would amount to ; and that it would be cheaper for the government to ...
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Sacking the city will be the first , and burning it , in all probability , the last act of the enemy . This , I believe , will be the case , if you ... Confined to your houses , you will have nothing to trust to but the enemy's mercy .
Sacking the city will be the first , and burning it , in all probability , the last act of the enemy . This , I believe , will be the case , if you ... Confined to your houses , you will have nothing to trust to but the enemy's mercy .
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Page 362 - Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 342 - ... be blasted, without the blessing of Heaven: and therefore ask that blessing humbly; and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. " And now, to conclude, ' Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other...
Page 338 - three removes are as bad as a fire ;' and again, 'keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ;* and again, ' if you would have your business done, go ; if not, send.' And again, ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive...
Page 62 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 361 - St Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 340 - Years can never be spent but, always taking out of the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom; as Poor Dick says, When the Well's dry, they know the Worth of Water. But this they might have known before, if they had taken his Advice; If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such People, when he goes to get it in again.
Page 326 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry...
Page 336 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 391 - 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.
Page 363 - ... perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail.
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| Title | The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of Independence, and of the Various Negociations at Paris for Peace; with the History of His Political and Other Writings |
| Contributor | Leonard Woods |
| Publisher | Hunt and Clarke, 1826 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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