Young Benjamin Franklin: Or, The Right Road Through LifeHarper & Brothers, 1862 - 561 pages |
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... whole host of well - educated and hypocrit- ical scoundrels , rather than a race of fine upright gentlemen . Society , however , seems to have had its fill of the mechanics ' institute mania ; the teachy - preachy fever appears to have ...
... whole host of well - educated and hypocrit- ical scoundrels , rather than a race of fine upright gentlemen . Society , however , seems to have had its fill of the mechanics ' institute mania ; the teachy - preachy fever appears to have ...
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... whole county , and a friend of my Lord Halifax ? * ay , and so your Ben , mark my word , * " Thomas , my eldest uncle , " wrote Franklin in 1771 to his son , William Temple Franklin , who was then Governor of New Jersey , " was bred a ...
... whole county , and a friend of my Lord Halifax ? * ay , and so your Ben , mark my word , * " Thomas , my eldest uncle , " wrote Franklin in 1771 to his son , William Temple Franklin , who was then Governor of New Jersey , " was bred a ...
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... whole house with their savory perfumet - and why , too , the brisket of 66 * " Little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victuals on the table - whether well or ill cooked - in or out of season - of good or bad flavor ...
... whole house with their savory perfumet - and why , too , the brisket of 66 * " Little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victuals on the table - whether well or ill cooked - in or out of season - of good or bad flavor ...
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... whole of the company present , he stared round and round , and then glancing at Josiah , cried , " But where's little Ben , father ? " Josiah averted his head , for he had no wish to mar the general happiness by again alluding to his ...
... whole of the company present , he stared round and round , and then glancing at Josiah , cried , " But where's little Ben , father ? " Josiah averted his head , for he had no wish to mar the general happiness by again alluding to his ...
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... whole attention was riveted on his parent's figure . " He's got to stoop dread- fully since last Thanksgiving Day . " " Yes , " observed the other , " that Sunday gray coat of his , that he's had ever since I can remem- ber , gets to ...
... whole attention was riveted on his parent's figure . " He's got to stoop dread- fully since last Thanksgiving Day . " " Yes , " observed the other , " that Sunday gray coat of his , that he's had ever since I can remem- ber , gets to ...
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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...