The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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Page 63
... enemies , & c . To insure the habit of attention to these rules of conduct , he considered it would be best , while aiming at the whole , to devote a week's particular attention to each of the virtues in succession , and determined ...
... enemies , & c . To insure the habit of attention to these rules of conduct , he considered it would be best , while aiming at the whole , to devote a week's particular attention to each of the virtues in succession , and determined ...
Page 75
... enemies affected to suppose Whitfield had sinister views in his public collections , he , who knew him intimately ( being em- ployed in printing his sermons , journals , & c . ) never suspected it , but believed him to be in all his ...
... enemies affected to suppose Whitfield had sinister views in his public collections , he , who knew him intimately ( being em- ployed in printing his sermons , journals , & c . ) never suspected it , but believed him to be in all his ...
Page 80
... 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 inhabitants ...
... 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 inhabitants ...
Page 81
... enemy can be supposed to take from us at sea would amount to ; and that it would be cheaper for the government to open an insurance office , and pay all losses . But is this right reasoning ? I think not ; for what the enemy takes is ...
... enemy can be supposed to take from us at sea would amount to ; and that it would be cheaper for the government to open an insurance office , and pay all losses . But is this right reasoning ? I think not ; for what the enemy takes is ...
Page 82
... enemy . This , I be- lieve , will be the case , if you have timely notice . But what must be your condition , if ... enemy's mercy . Your best fortune will be , to fall under the power of commanders of king's ships , able to control the ...
... enemy . This , I be- lieve , will be the case , if you have timely notice . But what must be your condition , if ... enemy's mercy . Your best fortune will be , to fall under the power of commanders of king's ships , able to control the ...
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