The Posthumous and Other Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...H. Colburn, 1819 - American literature |
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Abbé Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America assemblies better bills Britain British Busy-Body called colonies commerce common constitution crown dear debt duty enemy England English school evil expense favor February 25 Franklin French friends give Glaucon Gout governors grand council happiness honor Horatio Indian industry kind Kinnersley land language Latin laws learning legal tender liberty live manner master means ment merchants mind nation natural necessary neighbors never obliged observed occasion opinion paid paper paper-money parliament of England Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette perhaps person Phil Philocles pleasure Poor Richard says pounds present province qu'il quit-rent racter reason ruin scholars self-denial settled settlement shillings silver Socrates speak stamp act taxes thee things thou thought tion tongue trade trustees union virtue whole wise
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Page 11 - stars, fix'd in their orb that flies ! And ye five other wand'ring fires that move In mystic dance, not without song, resound His praise, that out of darkness call'd up light. Air! and ye elements! the eldest birth Of nature's womb, that in quaternions run Perpetual circle, multiform, and mix'd, And nourish all things, let
Page 11 - waters glide ! and ye that walk The earth ! and stately tread ■; or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, ev'n or morn, To hill or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. [Here follows the reading of some book, or part of a book, discoursing on and exciting to moral virtue.]
Page 118 - if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; for, A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two
Page 251 - had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation ; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the
Page 116 - that is 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, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says. " If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time
Page 122 - for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox. Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. It is, however, a folly soon punished ; for, as Poor Richard says, Pride that dines on vanity, sups
Page 10 - With thy bright circlet; praise him in thy sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater, sound his praise Iu thy eternal course ! both when thou climb'st,
Page 122 - a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it is as truly
Page 108 - by his labor, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the only expense; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides. Remember, that credit is money. If a man lets his money lie
Page 125 - had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine. I am, as ever, thine to serve thee, Richard Saunders.