The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Ed., and Many Letters Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1Tappan and Whittemore, 1840 - United States |
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... afterwards , he cultivated with uncommon assiduity the art of writing , till he attained a mastery over the language , which has raised his name to the first rank in English literature . Yet it was his pri- mary object , not so much to ...
... afterwards , he cultivated with uncommon assiduity the art of writing , till he attained a mastery over the language , which has raised his name to the first rank in English literature . Yet it was his pri- mary object , not so much to ...
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... afterwards , probably received some degree of at- tention from the author , as he was then in Lon- don . These papers were likewise translated into Latin , French , Italian , and German , and printed in different parts of Europe . In ...
... afterwards , probably received some degree of at- tention from the author , as he was then in Lon- don . These papers were likewise translated into Latin , French , Italian , and German , and printed in different parts of Europe . In ...
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... afterwards in six vol- umes octavo . Some time before this edition was put to press in London , another was begun by Mr. Wil- liam Duane in Philadelphia . Three or four volumes were already printed , when William Temple Frank- lin's ...
... afterwards in six vol- umes octavo . Some time before this edition was put to press in London , another was begun by Mr. Wil- liam Duane in Philadelphia . Three or four volumes were already printed , when William Temple Frank- lin's ...
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... afterwards Mrs. Hewson , and some other original papers , received from her daughter , Mrs. Caldwell , of Philadelphia . Sixthly , several letters to his relative , Jonathan Williams , and others to Samuel Franklin , furnished by Mr ...
... afterwards Mrs. Hewson , and some other original papers , received from her daughter , Mrs. Caldwell , of Philadelphia . Sixthly , several letters to his relative , Jonathan Williams , and others to Samuel Franklin , furnished by Mr ...
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... afterwards . Such of them as were rescued by Mr. Bache are among those , which now belong to Mr. Fox . They have furnished much original matter , especially more than forty letters from Dr. Frank- lin to his wife , not before printed ...
... afterwards . Such of them as were rescued by Mr. Bache are among those , which now belong to Mr. Fox . They have furnished much original matter , especially more than forty letters from Dr. Frank- lin to his wife , not before printed ...
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Page 106 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Page 597 - 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 ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 571 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 10 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read ) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to...
Page 569 - The good education of youth has been esteemed by wise men in all ages as the surest foundation of the happiness both of private families and of commonwealths. Almost all governments have therefore made it a principal object of their attention to establish and endow with proper revenues such seminaries of learning, as might supply the succeeding age with men qualified to serve the public with honor to themselves and to their country.
Page 110 - Length of days is in her right hand ; And in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Page 145 - American Magazine, or a Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies. There were three numbers, dated January through March. The close rival was Benjamin Franklin's The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle for All the British Plantations in America.
Page 12 - At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbour to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life...
Page 267 - I am very sorry, that you intend soon to leave our hemisphere. America has sent us many good things, gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, indigo, &c. ; but you are the first philosopher, and indeed the first great man of letters for whom we are beholden to her.
Page 106 - I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that it was our interest to be completely virtuous was not sufficient to prevent our slipping; and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, before we can have any dependence on 'a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct.