The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, 2. köideWhittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856 |
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... less than nothing , and of no sort of consequence . When I think thus , I imagine it great vanity in me to suppose , that the Supremely Perfect does in the least regard such an inconsiderable nothing as man ; more especially , since it ...
... less than nothing , and of no sort of consequence . When I think thus , I imagine it great vanity in me to suppose , that the Supremely Perfect does in the least regard such an inconsiderable nothing as man ; more especially , since it ...
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... simplicity , clear- ness , and a pure English idiom ; and these qualities , indeed , in which he is everywhere unrivalled , seem to have been scarcely less VOL . II . B a gift of nature than the effect of study . MISCELLANEOUS . 13.
... simplicity , clear- ness , and a pure English idiom ; and these qualities , indeed , in which he is everywhere unrivalled , seem to have been scarcely less VOL . II . B a gift of nature than the effect of study . MISCELLANEOUS . 13.
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... less of her company ; for if I should once hint such a thing , I am afraid she would resent it so as never to darken my door again . " But alas , Sir , I have not yet told you half my affliction . She has two children , that are just ...
... less of her company ; for if I should once hint such a thing , I am afraid she would resent it so as never to darken my door again . " But alas , Sir , I have not yet told you half my affliction . She has two children , that are just ...
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... less may every little scribbler , that shall attack me , expect an answer from the Busy - Body . The sum of the charge delivered against me , either directly or indirectly , in the said paper , is this . Not to mention the first weighty ...
... less may every little scribbler , that shall attack me , expect an answer from the Busy - Body . The sum of the charge delivered against me , either directly or indirectly , in the said paper , is this . Not to mention the first weighty ...
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... less search after imaginary hidden treasure . They wander through the woods and bushes by day , to dis- cover the marks and signs ; at midnight they repair to the hopeful spots with spades and pickaxes ; full of expectation , they labor ...
... less search after imaginary hidden treasure . They wander through the woods and bushes by day , to dis- cover the marks and signs ; at midnight they repair to the hopeful spots with spades and pickaxes ; full of expectation , they labor ...
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Page 5 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 97 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 97 - And again, Three Removes is 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 99 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, ' It is day, and will never be night...
Page 95 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 165 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 93 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...
Page 102 - No morning sun lasts a whole day/ as poor Richard says. Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain : and ' It is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel,' as poor Richard says. So ' Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.' ' Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold,
Page 167 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 99 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.