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, Հատոր 2Hillard, Gray,, 1836 |
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... Merchants the above Essay • A Thought concerning the Sugar Islands 377 381 383 409 418 • 419 • On the Paper Money of the United States of America . 421 Comparison of Great Britain and the United States , in Regard to the Basis of Credit ...
... Merchants the above Essay • A Thought concerning the Sugar Islands 377 381 383 409 418 • 419 • On the Paper Money of the United States of America . 421 Comparison of Great Britain and the United States , in Regard to the Basis of Credit ...
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... merchant to the shopkeeper , & c . , can be managed and carried on without the assist- ance of numbers ; for by these the trader computes the value of all sorts of goods that he dealeth in , does his business with ease and certainty ...
... merchant to the shopkeeper , & c . , can be managed and carried on without the assist- ance of numbers ; for by these the trader computes the value of all sorts of goods that he dealeth in , does his business with ease and certainty ...
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... merchant , but is reckoned the primum mobile ( or first mover ) of all mundane affairs in general , and is useful for all sorts and degrees of men , from the highest to the lowest . As to the usefulness of geometry , it is as certain ...
... merchant , but is reckoned the primum mobile ( or first mover ) of all mundane affairs in general , and is useful for all sorts and degrees of men , from the highest to the lowest . As to the usefulness of geometry , it is as certain ...
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... merchants ' old and doubtful debts may be honestly paid off , and trading become surer thereafter , if not so extensive . * * The humor and quaintness of POOR RICHARD sometimes appeared in the advertisements , setting forth the contents ...
... merchants ' old and doubtful debts may be honestly paid off , and trading become surer thereafter , if not so extensive . * * The humor and quaintness of POOR RICHARD sometimes appeared in the advertisements , setting forth the contents ...
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... merchants ' goods . The hour of the sale not being come , they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain , clean , old man , with white locks , " Pray , Father Abraham , what think you of the ...
... merchants ' goods . The hour of the sale not being come , they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain , clean , old man , with white locks , " Pray , Father Abraham , what think you of the ...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Հատոր 2 Benjamin Franklin,Jared Sparks Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1882 |
The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Հատոր 2 Benjamin Franklin Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1840 |
The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Հատոր 2 Benjamin Franklin,Jared Sparks Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1882 |
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 98 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and 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 horseshoe nail!
Էջ 167 - Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Էջ 320 - Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion.
Էջ 486 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts, and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Էջ 6 - His praise, ye winds that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune His praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ; ye birds That singing up to heaven- gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes His praise.
Էջ 95 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; 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...
Էջ 6 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 96 - Today. If you were a Servant would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, as Poor Dick says.