Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... shilling pieces , long before paper - money was made . But this practice of increasing the denomination , was found not to answer the end . The balance of trade carried out the gold and silver as fast as it was brought in ; the ...
... shilling pieces , long before paper - money was made . But this practice of increasing the denomination , was found not to answer the end . The balance of trade carried out the gold and silver as fast as it was brought in ; the ...
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... is the difference between its real weight and its denomination . Great part of the shillings and sixpences now current are , by wearing , become 5 , 10 , 20 , and some of the 38 [ WRITINGS . MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ,
... is the difference between its real weight and its denomination . Great part of the shillings and sixpences now current are , by wearing , become 5 , 10 , 20 , and some of the 38 [ WRITINGS . MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ,
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... shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings , on the principle it was demanded , would have made him a slave . " See Mr. Burke's speeches in 1774 and 1775. B. V. Nova Scotia , Georgia ...
... shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No ! but the payment of half twenty shillings , on the principle it was demanded , would have made him a slave . " See Mr. Burke's speeches in 1774 and 1775. B. V. Nova Scotia , Georgia ...
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... shilling in the pound , you have a clear right to the other nineteen . This will probably weaken every idea of security in their property , and convince them , that under such a government they have nothing they can call their own ...
... shilling in the pound , you have a clear right to the other nineteen . This will probably weaken every idea of security in their property , and convince them , that under such a government they have nothing they can call their own ...
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... shilling to defend me against the Indians , the only enemies I had upon my own account . But when But when you have quarrelled with all Europe , and drawn me with you into all your broils , then value yourself upon protecting me [ from ...
... shilling to defend me against the Indians , the only enemies I had upon my own account . But when But when you have quarrelled with all Europe , and drawn me with you into all your broils , then value yourself upon protecting me [ from ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America appear better bills body Britain British chimney coin cold colonies commerce common conductor continued crown debt degree descending discharge duty earth England English equal expense fire fluid force Franklin friends funnel give glass Glaucon gold and silver governors grand council greater heat Helvetius Hence inches inconvenience increase Indians industry inhabitants kingdom of England labor land laws legal tender less liberty locum tenens manufactures means merchants motion nation natural necessary never observed occasion opinion paper paper-money parliament of England particles passing perhaps persons plate pleasure poor Portugal pound weight present produce proportion province quantity reason receive Rhode Island rise settlements shillings ships side smoke Spain stamp act subsistence sufficient suppose taxes thing thought trade vessel warm whole wind
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Página 250 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an hour.
Página 190 - 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.
Página 309 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.
Página 249 - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Página 250 - Three removes are as bad as a fire ' ; and again, ' Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ' ; and again, ' If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send.' And again, ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Página 307 - From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.
Página 318 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Página 66 - ... 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...
Página 252 - Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and 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.
Página 180 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted, by the armed force of the enemy...