Young Benjamin Franklin: Or, The Right Road Through LifeHarper & Brothers, 1862 - 561 pages |
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Page 114
... desires , is at once to work with all the heart and with all the soul as well . " " I think I begin to see what you mean now , uncle , " young Benjamin murmured half to him- self . " There is no finer instance of the untiring en- ergy ...
... desires , is at once to work with all the heart and with all the soul as well . " " I think I begin to see what you mean now , uncle , " young Benjamin murmured half to him- self . " There is no finer instance of the untiring en- ergy ...
Page 118
... desire for rest- this that made his humble mechanic's home hap- pier than a palace , and his simple mechanic's fare daintier than any royal banquet . So now , Ben , remember , that of all the ways to make labor pleasant , and even ...
... desire for rest- this that made his humble mechanic's home hap- pier than a palace , and his simple mechanic's fare daintier than any royal banquet . So now , Ben , remember , that of all the ways to make labor pleasant , and even ...
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... desires of human nature . The capa- Let cious stomach of man's ambition and avarice is never surfeited . The merchant prince has no more enough than the pauper ; and the man who delays saving because he has not enough to live upon will ...
... desires of human nature . The capa- Let cious stomach of man's ambition and avarice is never surfeited . The merchant prince has no more enough than the pauper ; and the man who delays saving because he has not enough to live upon will ...
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... desire to see him , " cried the father . " Amen ! " added the mother ; and then , with a " God bless you , " the brothers parted for the night . CHAPTER XV . THE GREAT RAREE - SHOW . YOUNG 164 YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... desire to see him , " cried the father . " Amen ! " added the mother ; and then , with a " God bless you , " the brothers parted for the night . CHAPTER XV . THE GREAT RAREE - SHOW . YOUNG 164 YOUNG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... desire , however , to let his father see the new man he had become , and what fine principles he had acquired by his journey , the boy , boy - like , went into such raptures upon the art of money - making , and the use of capital in the ...
... desire , however , to let his father see the new man he had become , and what fine principles he had acquired by his journey , the boy , boy - like , went into such raptures upon the art of money - making , and the use of capital in the ...
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Young Benjamin Franklin; Or, the Right Road Through Life, a Boy's Book on a ... Henry Mayhew No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 430 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 306 - Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep" — the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care; The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast — Lady M. What do you mean? Macb. Still it cried "Sleep no more!
Page 289 - ... other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one...
Page 275 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife.
Page 275 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 291 - When an old bachelor marries a young wife, what is he to expect ? 'Tis now six months since Lady Teazle made me the happiest of men — and I have been the most miserable dog ever since ! We tiffed a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells had done ringing.
Page 306 - Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep,' the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M. What do you mean ? Macb. Still it cried ' Sleep no more ! ' to all the house : ' Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more ; Macbeth shall sleep no more.
Page 305 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Page 17 - At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler...
Page 290 - ... was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other...