This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
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40704 | I occasionally mentioned the old story of Demosthenes''s answer to one who demanded what was the first point of oratory? |
40704 | To some one who asked the use of the new invention Franklin replied by asking,"What is the use of a new- born baby?" |
40704 | _ Action_; the second? |
40704 | _ Action_; the third? |
16931 | If I see nothing to admire in a unit, shall I admire a million units? |
16931 | 5,"Have you lately heard how any present rich man, here or elsewhere, got his estate?" |
16931 | 6,"Do you know of a fellow- citizen... who has lately committed an error proper for us to be warned against and avoid?" |
16931 | But have not all prophets and ethical teachers had something of this aspect to their conservative contemporaries? |
16931 | How is it people manage to live on, so aimless as they are? |
16931 | If he were alive to- day, would he not be bewildered by much of our talk about the rights of men and animals? |
16931 | Shall we face them with Washington''s courage, wisdom, and success? |
16931 | To this ancient pessimism Emerson makes answer with a hard question--"We grant that human life is mean, but how did we find out that it was mean?" |
16931 | Whence came this social wisdom? |
16931 | Why must he have horses, fine garments, handsome apartments, access to public houses and places of amusement? |
16931 | Why needs any man be rich? |
16931 | and again,"Do you love truth for truth''s sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find it, receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?" |
29482 | But before he even alights Franklin cries out,"Sir,_ is_ Philadelphia taken?" |
29482 | Do you think of anything at present, in which the Junto may be serviceable to mankind, to their country, to their friends, or to themselves? |
29482 | Have you lately observed any encroachment on the just liberties of the people? |
29482 | In what manner can the Junto, or any of them, assist you in any of your honorable designs?" |
29482 | Into what companies will he hereafter go with an unembarrassed face, or the honest intrepidity of virtue? |
29482 | Where could patriotism and fortitude of character better be learnt than in Plutarch? |
29482 | Why did you not tell me there were ladies here?'' |
29482 | _ Q._"How would the Americans receive a future tax, imposed on the same principle as the Stamp Act?" |
29482 | _ Q._"What is their temper now?" |
29482 | _ Q._"What was the temper of America towards Great Britain before the year 1763?" |
29482 | _ Q._"Would the colonists prefer to forego the collection of debts by legal process rather than use stamped paper?" |
29482 | mon Dieu, where is Franklin? |
30406 | Can any one particular form of government suit all mankind? 30406 Has any citizen in your knowledge failed, and have you heard the cause? |
30406 | Has any deserving stranger arrived in town since your last meeting? 30406 Has anybody attacked your reputation lately? |
30406 | Have you met with anything in the author you last read? 30406 How so?" |
30406 | Is perfection attainable in this life? 30406 Is there any difficulty which you would gladly have discussed at this time?" |
30406 | Should it be the aim of philosophy to eradicate the passions? 30406 What general conduct of life is most suitable for men in such circumstances as most of the members of the Junto are?" |
30406 | What unhappy effects of intemperance have you lately observed? 30406 And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? 30406 And if a sparrow can not fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his aid? 30406 And what was the cause of all this commotion, which converted America, for seven years, into an Aceldama of blood and woe? 30406 But if she wishes to recover our commerce, are these the probable means? 30406 Can even our ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace? 30406 Can there be a more mortifying insult? 30406 Can you, who are Protestants, consent to unite with a nation of Roman Catholics? 30406 Do they dare to resent it? |
30406 | He could only say that"I am_ inclined to believe_ that my child has not passed away into utter annihilation; but who knows? |
30406 | If these are deemed affronts, and the messengers punished as offenders, who will henceforth send petitions? |
30406 | What provision shall be made for the Tories in America, whose estates have been confiscated? |
30406 | What then is the use of that word?" |
30406 | Why, then, should he worry? |
30406 | Will not England at the judgment be held responsible for this war and its woes? |
30406 | and who will deliver them?" |
30406 | or do we imagine that we no longer need his assistance? |
20203 | For,says he,"I am often ask''d by those to whom I propose subscribing, Have you consulted Franklin upon this business? |
20203 | How so? |
20203 | I have ask''d her,says my landlady,"how she, as she liv''d, could possibly find so much employment for a confessor?" |
20203 | Is it possible, when he is so great a writer? 20203 My dear friend,"says he, pleasantly,"how can you advise my avoiding disputes? |
20203 | So, you are soon return''d, Innis? |
20203 | 1774? |
20203 | And what does he think of it? |
20203 | Had not you better sell them? |
20203 | If you ask, Why less properly? |
20203 | If you were a Servant, would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? |
20203 | Methinks I hear some of you say,_ Must a Man afford himself no Leisure_? |
20203 | Music have I done to- day? |
20203 | Now, is not_ want of sense_( where a man is so unfortunate as to want it) some apology for his_ want of modesty_? |
20203 | One of his friends, who sat next to me, says,"Franklin, why do you continue to side with these damn''d Quakers? |
20203 | Published)_ The Morals of Chess._ 1780? |
20203 | The following are the most famous of these essays and the dates when they were written: 1774? |
20203 | The others said,"Let us row; what signifies it?" |
20203 | This reproof, being before all the company, piqu''d the secretary, who answer''d,_"I being thy servant, why did thee not order me to come down? |
20203 | Who can charge_ Ebrio_ with Thirst of Wealth? |
20203 | Yet, unsolicited as he was by me, how could I think his generous offers insincere? |
20203 | You ask what I mean? |
20203 | _ The Levee._ 1779? |
20203 | _ The Story of the Whistle._ 1779? |
20203 | and would not the lines stand more justly thus? |
20203 | how should it be otherwise, when the Distemper hath hardly any Objects left to work upon? |
20203 | says one of them,"you surely do n''t suppose that the fort will not be taken?" |
20203 | {} Contrive day''s_ Question._ What good{} business, and take the shall I do this day? |
48136 | But what are we to think of a governor who could play so scurvy a trick, and thus grossly deceive a poor young lad, wholly destitute of experience? |
48136 | But who would have supposed, said he, Franklin to be capable of such a composition? |
48136 | But, if the electrical fluid so easily pervades glass, how does the phial become_ charged_( as we term it) when we hold it in our hands? |
48136 | Can this be ascribed to the attraction of any surrounding body or matter drawing them asunder, or drawing the one away from the other? |
48136 | For if it was fine enough to come with the electric fluid through the body of one person, why should it stop on the skin of another? |
48136 | I have asked her, said my landlady, how, living as she did, she could find so much employment for a confessor? |
48136 | If it be asked, what thickness of a metalline rod may be supposed sufficient? |
48136 | If not, and repulsion exists in nature, and in magnetism, why may it not exist in electricity? |
48136 | May it not constitute a part, and even a principal part, of the solid substance of bodies? |
48136 | May not different degrees of the vibration of the above- mentioned universal medium, occasion the appearances of different colours? |
48136 | Must not the smallest particle conceivable have, with such a motion, a force exceeding that of a twenty- four pounder, discharged from a cannon? |
48136 | Nay, suppose I have drawn the electric matter from both of them, what becomes of it? |
48136 | Now want of sense, when a man has the misfortune to be so circumstanced, is it not a kind of excuse for want of modesty? |
48136 | The Abbé owns,_ p._ 94, that he had heard this remarked, but says, Why is not a conductor of electricity an electric subject? |
48136 | To which the Abbé thus objects;"Tell me( says he), I pray you, how much time is necessary for this pretended discharge? |
48136 | Were they all equally dry? |
48136 | Whether in a river, lake, or sea, the electric fire will not dissipate and not return to the bottle? |
48136 | Why will he have the phial, into which the, water is to be decanted from a charged phial, held in a man''s hand? |
48136 | Will not cork balls, electrised negatively, separate as far as when electrised positively? |
48136 | Would not the bottle in that case be left just as we found it, uncharged, as we know a metal bottle so attempted to be charged would be? |
48136 | Would not the fire, thrown in by the wire, pass through to our hands, and so escape into the floor? |
48136 | Would not this experiment convince the Abbé Nollet of his egregious mistake? |
48136 | _ Query_, What are the effects of air in electrical experiments? |
48136 | or, will it proceed in strait lines through the water the shortest courses possible back to the bottle? |
21348 | (_ Hastily._) Whose agent is he? 21348 I will leave the paper then with Mr. Pownall to be--"(_ Hastily._) To what end would you leave it with him? |
21348 | Sir,exclaimed Franklin,"is Philadelphia taken?" |
21348 | Why, my lord? 21348 of"? |
21348 | And was his accuser a man to have turned his back on such viands, had he also been bidden to the feast of flattery? |
21348 | And what signifies the dearness of labor when an English shilling passes for five and twenty?" |
21348 | Could they by no possibility be persuaded to withdraw it? |
21348 | Did their shrewd and well- informed writer believe what he said? |
21348 | Gout had disabled him, but who could tell when he might get sufficient respite to return and deal havoc? |
21348 | Have you consulted Franklin upon this business? |
21348 | He asked:"Is there no way of treating_ back_ of this step of independency?" |
21348 | He said to Vaughan:"Is the new commission necessary?" |
21348 | He was then asked what was the difference"between a duty on the importation of goods and an excise on their consumption?" |
21348 | If Franklin relished the repast, who among mortals would not? |
21348 | In an American tax what do we do? |
21348 | Into what companies will he hereafter go with an unembarrassed face or the honest intrepidity of virtue? |
21348 | Is that affair dropt? |
21348 | Is your lordship quite sure that you have such a letter? |
21348 | Mr. Hale in his recent volumes upon Franklin truly says that"it is unnecessary to place vituperative adjectives to the credit[ discredit?] |
21348 | Or was he only uttering a prophecy which he desired, if possible, and for his own purposes to induce others to believe? |
21348 | Other queries, like pendants, have also come: Why have you not included A, or B, or C? |
21348 | Otherwise, if they carried the English laws and power of Parliament with them, what advantage could the Puritans propose to themselves by going?" |
21348 | Our own property? |
21348 | Should they have equal weight in voting, or not? |
21348 | To whom else would the Frenchmen have unlocked their coffers as they did to him, whom they so warmly liked and admired? |
21348 | Was he casting this political horoscope in good faith? |
21348 | Was it a nation, or only a parcel of rebels? |
21348 | We, your Majesty''s Commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty-- what? |
21348 | What are they then to do? |
21348 | When Jefferson was asked:"C''est vous, Monsieur, qui remplace le Docteur Franklin?" |
21348 | Who are we to hear in provincial affairs? |
21348 | Who shall say that Franklin''s personal prestige in Europe had not practical value for America? |
21348 | Why should they exert their power in the most disgusting manner, and throw pain, terror, and displeasure into the breasts of their fellow citizens?" |
21348 | With what face can we ask aids and subsidies from our friends, while we are wasting our own wealth in such prodigality?" |
21348 | With what face could the ministry meet Parliament with a treaty deserting all those who had been faithful to their king? |
21348 | Would they caulk their ships, would they even litter their horses, with wool, if it were not both plenty and cheap? |
21348 | Yet what could have been reasonably expected? |
21348 | [ 27] Which of these is agent for the province? |
21348 | _ Q._ How can the commerce be affected? |
21348 | _ Q._ If the act is not repealed, what do you think will be the consequences? |
21348 | _ Q._ Is it in their power to do without them? |
21348 | _ Q._ Why may it not? |
21348 | _ Q._"Can anything less than a military force carry the Stamp Act into execution? |
21348 | and what does he think of it? |
13911 | And would you advise, then, that married couples live apart one- third of the time, in the interests of domestic peace? |
13911 | And, Zeke, what did you do with your dollar? |
13911 | Do you know why their love was so very steadfast, and why they stimulated the mental and spiritual natures of each other so? |
13911 | For God''s sake, Walter,whispered Payn,"you are not going to explain to''em how you do it, are you?" |
13911 | How long have you studied law? |
13911 | It''s not Bill Spear who keeps a secondhand- shop, you want, mebbe? |
13911 | No, why was it? |
13911 | The which? |
13911 | Well, Dan,said the father,"did you spend your money?" |
13911 | What can all this fuss be about? |
13911 | What''s it about? |
13911 | You know those suits against you in the Admiralty Court? |
13911 | *****"Are n''t we staying in this room a good while?" |
13911 | After a little pause my inquiring mind caused me to ask,"Who made Judge Davis?" |
13911 | And how did Richard Henry Lee like it, and George Wythe, and the Randolphs? |
13911 | And is all this worry the penalty that Nature exacts for dreaming dreams that can not in their very nature come true? |
13911 | And is your sleep disturbed by dreams of British redcoats or hissing flintlocks? |
13911 | And what have you heard or observed of his character or merits? |
13911 | And whether, think you, it lies in the power of the Junto to oblige him, or encourage him as he deserves? |
13911 | As Pendleton handed his pistol to Hamilton he asked,"Shall I set the hair- trigger?" |
13911 | Did Patrick Henry wax eloquent that afternoon in a barroom, and did Jefferson do more than smile grimly, biding his time? |
13911 | Did Washington forget his usual poise and break out into one of those swearing fits where everybody wisely made way? |
13911 | Do you know of any deserving young beginner, lately set up, whom it lies in the power of the Junto in any way to encourage? |
13911 | For sin is only perverted power, and the man without capacity to sin neither has ability to do good-- isn''t that so? |
13911 | Hath any deserving stranger arrived in town since last meeting that you have heard of? |
13911 | Have you any weighty affair on hand in which you think the advice of the Junto may be of service? |
13911 | Have you lately observed any defect in the laws of your country, of which it would be proper to move the legislature for an amendment? |
13911 | Have you lately observed any encroachment on the just liberties of the people? |
13911 | Have you read over these queries this morning, in order to consider what you might have to offer the Junto, touching any one of them? |
13911 | He reminded us boys several times when we kicked, that he had a good claim on it-- for did n''t he furnish the door and the window- frames? |
13911 | I was feeling quite useless and asked,"Ca n''t I do something to help?" |
13911 | In what manner can the Junto, or any of its members, assist you in any of your honorable designs? |
13911 | Is there any difficulty in matters of opinion, of justice and injustice, which you would gladly have discussed at this time? |
13911 | Jefferson''s experience seems to settle that mooted question,"Can a man love two women at the same time?" |
13911 | Merchant- prince and agitator, horse and rider-- where are you now? |
13911 | One fine day, one of his schoolmates put the question to him flatly:"In case of war, on which side will you fight?" |
13911 | Or do you know of any beneficial law that is wanting? |
13911 | Spear, the antiquarian?" |
13911 | The non- slaveholding North was rubbing its sleepy eyes, and asking, Who is this man Seward, anyway? |
13911 | The question at issue was,"Is a bequest for founding a college a charitable bequest?" |
13911 | Then did the boy ask the question, What moral right has England to govern us, anyway? |
13911 | They look at me out of wistful eyes, and sometimes one calls to me as she goes by and asks,"Why have you done so little since I saw you last?" |
13911 | Were we talking of the seasons? |
13911 | Wha-- what''s that you said?" |
13911 | What benefits have you lately received from any man not present? |
13911 | What happy effects of temperance, of prudence, of moderation, or of any other virtue? |
13911 | What unhappy effects of intemperance have you lately observed or heard; of imprudence, of passion, or of any other vice or folly? |
13911 | What was it? |
13911 | Where is the man who in a strange land has not suffered rather than reveal his ignorance before a shopkeeper? |
13911 | Who is there who can not sympathize with that groan? |
13911 | do you understand the situation? |
13911 | how has Samuel managed to get himself so enormously in debt?" |
11174 | And what did you do with yours, Ezekiel? |
11174 | And where is the baker''s? |
11174 | And who is speaking now? |
11174 | And will you give me more when they are gone? |
11174 | But what is the wharf to be made of? |
11174 | But will they dare to sign it? |
11174 | But wo n''t it look rather funny for me to ride to Exeter on a lady''s saddle? |
11174 | Dare? 11174 Did you ask the price?" |
11174 | Ezekiel,said Mr. Webster,"what have you been doing since I went away?" |
11174 | Have you any good whistles? |
11174 | How much did you pay for it? |
11174 | How much money have you? |
11174 | Judge Webster,said one of his neighbors,"what are you going to do with the money that you get from your office? |
11174 | My friend,he said,"can you tell me of any house where they lodge strangers?" |
11174 | My young friend,said Franklin,"where did you get that bread?" |
11174 | Shall I say,''Yes, gentlemen,''and sit down here to spend my days in a kind of comfortable privacy? |
11174 | Then I suppose you are planning to buy more land? |
11174 | To Exeter? |
11174 | Well, Daniel,said their mother,"what did you do with your money?" |
11174 | What are you going to do with it? |
11174 | What do you mean, father? |
11174 | What kind of a man is this Governor Keith? |
11174 | What shall I do? |
11174 | Where do you find him flattering his countrymen, indirectly or directly, for a vote? 11174 Who ever heard that voice cheering the people on to rapacity, to injustice, to a vain and guilty glory? |
11174 | Who is going to ride on that nag? |
11174 | Who is speaking now? |
11174 | Wrote what? |
11174 | After a while the same question was asked again:"Who is speaking now?" |
11174 | And so when the boy was taken from school, what kind of work do you think he had to do? |
11174 | And who in all the colony could do this work better than his young friend, George Washington? |
11174 | But what could he do? |
11174 | But what should he do? |
11174 | But who should lead the army? |
11174 | But who was this man Lincoln, who had so bravely vanquished the Little Giant? |
11174 | Did the king intend to take away from the colonists all the liberties that are so dear to men? |
11174 | Do you suppose that he liked this business? |
11174 | Ezekiel had done much to help him through college, and now ought he not to help Ezekiel? |
11174 | For what could be done with money where there were no shops worth speaking of, and no stores, and nothing to buy? |
11174 | Going to build a new house?" |
11174 | He looked at the bright, yellow pieces and said,"What shall I do with these coppers, mother?" |
11174 | He looked down at the slender, black- eyed boy and asked:"What is your age, sir?" |
11174 | His mother met him at the door and said,"Well, my child, what did you do with your pennies?" |
11174 | If a man could read and write and cipher, what more was needed? |
11174 | Indeed, how could an American do anything that was worth doing? |
11174 | Now this Mr. Fairfax had a young daughter, as wise as she was beautiful; and so, what should Lawrence Washington do but ask her to be his wife? |
11174 | On what did he ever place himself but good counsels and useful service? |
11174 | One day he said:"Benjamin, since you have made up your mind not to be a candle- maker, what trade do you think you would like to learn?" |
11174 | Or would he force them to obey his unjust laws? |
11174 | Samuel Wood, here in Boscawen?" |
11174 | Should he buy candy or toys? |
11174 | Should slavery be allowed in the territories? |
11174 | Should slavery be allowed in these new territories also? |
11174 | Then turning to Daniel, he said:"What have you been doing, Dan?" |
11174 | They asked,"Who shall be the commander- in- chief of our colonial army?" |
11174 | Was it not time that George should be earning something for himself? |
11174 | What could Colonel Washington do? |
11174 | What could the colonists do to escape the oppressive laws that the King of England was trying to force upon them? |
11174 | What did he mean by_ errata?__ Errata_ are mistakes-- mistakes that can not easily be corrected. |
11174 | What did this mean? |
11174 | What should he do? |
11174 | What should it be? |
11174 | What would become of the patient, tired mother, and the gentle little sister, who had borne themselves so bravely during the long, hard journey? |
11174 | Who could it be but Washington? |
11174 | Who should it be? |
11174 | Who that saw him thus going into Illinois would have dreamed that he would in time become that state''s greatest citizen? |
11174 | Who, but George Washington? |
11174 | Why could not he also be a doer of great things for his country? |
11174 | Why could not he model his own life after that of Washington? |
11174 | Why should the colonies not unite? |
11174 | Why should they not help one another, and thus form one great country? |
11174 | Would George go with him? |
11174 | Would the king pay any heed to their petition? |
11174 | he said,"did you spend all of your money for this thing?" |
36897 | ,whence comes the dew, that stands on the outside of a tankard that has cold water in it in the summer time? |
36897 | Bless us,says he,"what an unaccountable thing is this? |
36897 | But, Mr. Faulkener,said my Lord,"do n''t you think it might be still farther improved by using Paper and Ink not quite so near of a Colour"? |
36897 | Friend Joseph,one Quaker is said to have asked of an acquaintance,"didst thee ever know Dr. Franklin to be in a minority?" |
36897 | Has not,he said,"the famous political Fable of the Snake, with two Heads and one Body, some useful Instruction contained in it? |
36897 | How so? |
36897 | I wonder,says she,"how you can propose such a thing to me; did not you always tell me you would maintain me like a Gentlewoman? |
36897 | Is it possible, when he is so great a writer? 36897 Its no matter,"he said,"its the Country''s Money, and if the Publick can not afford to pay well, who can? |
36897 | O Lord,she exclaims in despair,"where are my friends?" |
36897 | Of what use is a balloon? |
36897 | Of what use,he answered,"is a new- born baby?" |
36897 | Prithee,says he,( a little nettled,)"what do you tell me of your Captains? |
36897 | Sir,said Franklin,"_ is_ Philadelphia taken?" |
36897 | What new story have you lately heard agreeable for telling in conversation? |
36897 | What,says he,"is the Meaning of this[= O]IA? |
36897 | Why does the flame of a candle tend upward in a spire? 36897 Why so?" |
36897 | A little more interchange of conversation and poor Franklin in despair asks,"What then would you have me do with my carriage?" |
36897 | Am not I your Mother Country? |
36897 | And Judah said,"Let us also love our other brethren: behold, are we not all of one blood?" |
36897 | And after all, of what Use is this_ Pride of Appearance_, for which so much is risked so much is suffered? |
36897 | And what signifies Dearness of Labour, when an English shilling passes for five and Twenty? |
36897 | And when will that be? |
36897 | And who will deliver them? |
36897 | And will not one''s vanity be more gratified in seeing one''s adversary confuted by a disciple, than even by one''s self?" |
36897 | And would it seem less right if the charge and labor of gaining the additional territory to Great Britain had been borne by the settlers themselves? |
36897 | But since they agree in all particulars wherein we can already compare them, is it not probable they agree likewise in this? |
36897 | But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists? |
36897 | Can I be assured that I shall be allowed to come back again to make the report?'' |
36897 | Did ever any Tradesmen succeed, who attempted to drub Customers into his Shop? |
36897 | Did he think the whole World were so stupid as not to take Notice of this? |
36897 | Did you embrace it, and how often? |
36897 | Did you never hear this old Catch? |
36897 | Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more Comfort than Labour? |
36897 | Do you remember that of the 300 Lacedaemonians who defended the defile of Thermopylae, not one returned? |
36897 | Does it in the least savour of the pure Language of Friends? |
36897 | Had you not better sell them? |
36897 | How long, d''ye think, I can maintain you at your present Rate of Living?" |
36897 | How shall we be ever able to pay them? |
36897 | If these are deemed affronts, and the messengers punished as offenders, who will henceforth send petitions? |
36897 | If you were a Servant, would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? |
36897 | Into what companies will he hereafter go with an unembarrassed face, or the honest intrepidity of virtue? |
36897 | Is not all Punishment inflicted beyond the Merit of the Offence, so much Punishment of Innocence? |
36897 | Is that not a sufficient Title to your Respect and Obedience?" |
36897 | Is''t not ridiculous and nonsense, A saint should be a slave to conscience? |
36897 | It is true that God has also taught men how to reduce wine to water; but what kind of water? |
36897 | Let''s bear with her humors as well as we can; But why should we bear the abuse of her man? |
36897 | May not different Degrees of Vibration of the above- mentioned Universal Medium occasion the Appearances of different Colours? |
36897 | Might not that Woman, by her Labour, have made the Reparation ordain''d by God, in paying fourfold? |
36897 | Mrs. Careless was just then at the Glass, dressing her Head, and turning about with the Pins in her Mouth,"Lord, Child,"says she,"are you crazy? |
36897 | Must a Tradesman''s Daughter, and the Wife of a Tradesman, necessarily and instantly be a Gentlewoman? |
36897 | Must not the regret of our parents be excessive, at having placed so great a difference between sisters who are so perfectly equal? |
36897 | One of his friends, who sat next to me, says,"Franklin, why do you continue to side with these damn''d Quakers? |
36897 | One present at this tale, being surprised, said,"But did the Queen and the Archbishop swear so at one another?" |
36897 | Or are these merely_ English_ ideas? |
36897 | Pray does that gentleman imagine_ there is any member of this House that does not_ KNOW what corruption is?" |
36897 | Qui dà © sarme les dieux peut- il craindre les rois?" |
36897 | Reader; does not this smell of Popery? |
36897 | So ignorant as not to know, that all Catholicks pay the highest Regard to the_ Virgin Mary_? |
36897 | This might be pardoned out of regard, as Franklin said, for his sedentary condition, but what is his practice after dinner? |
36897 | What Respect have_ you_ the front to claim as a Mother Country? |
36897 | What Time has Mary to knit? |
36897 | What of Franklin during the malignant assault? |
36897 | What of its climate, its trade, its people, its laws? |
36897 | What would you advise us to?" |
36897 | When will government be able to pay the principal? |
36897 | Who is the gainer by all these prohibitions? |
36897 | Who must do the Work, I wonder, if you set her to Knitting?" |
36897 | Why should he desire to drown the truth? |
36897 | Wo n''t these heavy Taxes quite ruin the Country? |
36897 | Would they caulk their Ships, would they fill their Beds, would they even litter their Horses with Wooll, if it were not both plenty and cheap? |
36897 | Would this be right even if the land was gained at the expense of the State? |
36897 | You saw that we, who understand and practise those Rules, believ''d all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?''" |
36897 | _ What is a Butterfly? |
36897 | for, in politics, what can laws do without morals? |
36896 | ''Tis a very sensible Question you ask,he says,"how the Air can affect the Barometer, when its Opening appears covered with Wood?" |
36896 | But are not the Abbà © de la R---- and the Abbà © M---- still some times at her house? |
36896 | Dare I confess to you,he said, when he was still at Passy, and the Chevalier was still in America,"that I am your rival with Madame G----? |
36896 | Did you ever taste the ginger cake,she asked,"and think it had belonged to your fellow- traveller? |
36896 | Do you think, after this,he added,"that even your kindest invitations and Mr. Greene''s can prevail with me to venture myself again on such roads?" |
36896 | How so? |
36896 | If men are so wicked as we now see them_ with religion_, what would they be_ if without it_? |
36896 | Is not the Hope of one day being able to purchase and enjoy Luxuries a great Spur to Labour and Industry? |
36896 | What was your vision? |
36896 | When,he wrote to Gates from Passy,"shall we meet again in cheerful converse, talk over our adventures, and finish with a quiet game of chess?" |
36896 | Where are the old men? 36896 Who are they?" |
36896 | Why do you wear that old coat today? |
36896 | Why,says she,"_ yf_ spells_ Wife_; what else can it spell?" |
36896 | ''Why nobody will expect you to give them away; what then is the use of that word?'' |
36896 | ; and what can the Junto do towards securing it? |
36896 | ; and what have you heard or observed of his character or merits? |
36896 | ; and whether, think you, it lies in the power of the Junto to oblige him, or encourage him as he deserves? |
36896 | ; can a man arrive at perfection in this life? |
36896 | ; or do you know of any beneficial law that is wanting? |
36896 | ; whence comes the dew that stands on the outside of a tankard that has cold water in it in the summer time? |
36896 | ; why does the flame of a candle tend upward in a spire? |
36896 | And now what was the fate of poor Laish? |
36896 | And, if he loves me, can I doubt that he will go on to take care of me, not only here but hereafter? |
36896 | Are you still living? |
36896 | But what, asked_ Plain Truth_, would the condition of the Philadelphians be, if suddenly surprised without previous alarm, perhaps in the night? |
36896 | But why should I be so scrupulous when you have promised to absolve me of the future? |
36896 | But, my good Papa, why say that you write French badly,--that your pleasantries in that language are only nonsense? |
36896 | But, were you to succeed, do you imagine any Good would be done by it? |
36896 | By the way[ he asked] is our Relationship in Nantucket worn- out? |
36896 | Do you know of any deserving young beginner lately set up, whom it lies in the power of the Junto anyway to encourage? |
36896 | Do you please yourself with the fancy that you are doing good? |
36896 | Do you possess it? |
36896 | Do you see anything amiss in the present customs or proceedings of the Junto, which might be amended? |
36896 | Do you think of anything at present, in which the Junto may be serviceable to_ mankind_, to their country, to their friends, or to themselves? |
36896 | Does your conscience never hint to you the impiety of being in constant warfare against the plans of Providence? |
36896 | Hath any citizen in your knowledge failed in his business lately, and what have you heard of the cause? |
36896 | Hath any deserving stranger arrived in town since last meeting, that you have heard of? |
36896 | Hath any man injured you, from whom it is in the power of the Junto to procure redress? |
36896 | Hath anybody attacked your reputation lately? |
36896 | Have you any Money at Interest, and what does it produce? |
36896 | Have you any weighty affair on hand in which you think the advice of the Junto may be of service? |
36896 | Have you lately heard any member''s character attacked, and how have you defended it? |
36896 | Have you lately heard how any present rich man, here or elsewhere, got his estate? |
36896 | Have you lately heard of any citizen''s thriving well, and by what means? |
36896 | Have you lately observed any defect in the laws of your_ country_, of which it would be proper to move the legislature for an amendment? |
36896 | Have you lately observed any encroachment on the just liberties of the people? |
36896 | Have you or any of your acquaintance been lately sick or wounded? |
36896 | How am I going to spend the Wednesdays and Saturdays? |
36896 | How has my poor old Sister gone thro''the Winter? |
36896 | I happened there when the question to be considered was whether physicians had, on the whole, done most good or harm? |
36896 | I shall do my best that it may not be that of my daughters, but alas, shall I be mistress of their fate? |
36896 | If good be done, what imports it by whom''tis done? |
36896 | In what manner can the Junto or any of them, assist you in any of your honorable designs? |
36896 | Is it of Dr. Franklin, the celebrated philosopher, the profound statesman, that a woman speaks with so much irreverence? |
36896 | Is it right[ he asked] to encourage this monstrous Deficiency of natural Affection? |
36896 | Is not such a Letter of itself a Compliment? |
36896 | Is self interest the rudder that steers mankind? |
36896 | Is there any difficulty in matters of opinion, of justice, and injustice, which you would gladly have discussed at this time? |
36896 | Is there any man whose friendship you want, and which the Junto, or any of them, can procure for you? |
36896 | It is enough that I have lost my_ son_; would they add my_ grandson_? |
36896 | May I venture to ask you to remember us to your grandson? |
36896 | May I venture to beg you to give my kind regards to Mr. Franklinet? |
36896 | Mr. G. W.? |
36896 | My little Fellow- Traveller, the sprightly Hetty, with whose sensible Prattle I was so much entertained, why does she not write to me? |
36896 | Nettled by being reproved before so many persons, Logan replied,"_ I being thy servant, why did thee not order me to come down? |
36896 | No more Doubts to be resolv''d? |
36896 | No more Questions to ask? |
36896 | Of the Catechism, he retained only two questions( with the answers),"What is your duty to God?" |
36896 | Or do you do some kind of Business for a Living? |
36896 | Or have the mob of Paris mistaken the head of a monopolizer of knowledge, for a monopolizer of corn, and paraded it about the streets upon a pole?" |
36896 | Pray instruct me how far I may venture to practice upon this Principle? |
36896 | Should not that be settled first?" |
36896 | Sometimes he exchanges language like this for such bantering questions as these:"Have you finish''d your Course of Philosophy? |
36896 | Tell me frankly whether she lives comfortably, or is pinched? |
36896 | That Soldiers and Seamen, who must march and labour in the Sun, should, in the East or West Indies have an Uniform of white? |
36896 | The first does not fail to brag and show her letter everywhere; what do you wish to become of the other? |
36896 | The others said:"Let us row; what signifies it?" |
36896 | They could not all fly with their families, and, if they could, how would they subsist? |
36896 | To social Duties does his Heart attend, As Son, as Father, Husband, Brother,_ Friend_? |
36896 | Tomorrow, Wednesday, you will come to tea, will you not? |
36896 | We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him? |
36896 | What Assurance of the_ Future_ can be better founded than that which is built on Experience of the_ Past_? |
36896 | What benefits have you lately received from any man not present? |
36896 | What can be the reason? |
36896 | What could they desire more? |
36896 | What happy effects of temperance, prudence, of moderation, or of any other virtue? |
36896 | What new story have you lately heard agreeable for telling in conversation? |
36896 | What unhappy effects of intemperance have you lately observed or heard; of imprudence, of passion, or of any other vice or folly? |
36896 | What was the consequence of this monstrous Pride and Insolence? |
36896 | What would you think of your beggar, if, the bishop having given him the"louis"which he asked, he had grumbled because he did not get two? |
36896 | When will Mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their Differences by Arbitration? |
36896 | Who would recognize the lover of Madame Brillon in this russet picture that he paints of himself in his eighty- third year in a letter to her? |
36896 | Whom do you know that are shortly going voyages or journeys, if one should have occasion to send by them? |
36896 | Why did you not tell me there were ladies here?" |
36896 | Why should I not call you so, since I love you with all the Tenderness, All the Fondness of a Father? |
36896 | Why then sh''d you continually be employed in injuring& destroying one another? |
36896 | Why then should we grieve, that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society? |
36896 | Will it tell_ how much_ he is afflicted? |
36896 | Will you come, and go with me? |
36896 | Would it not be as well, if you were of the Church of Ireland?" |
36896 | You adopted me as your daughter, I chose you for my father: what do you expect of me? |
36896 | You have imbrued your Hands in innocent Blood; how will you make them clean? |
36896 | _ Do those, who know him, love him?_ If they do, You''ve_ my_ Permission: you may love him too." |
36896 | and"What is your duty to your neighbor?" |
36896 | if so, what remedies were used, and what were their effects? |
36896 | says another,''have we then_ Thieves_ among us? |
36338 | For,said he,"I am often asked by those to whom I propose subscribing,_ Have you consulted Franklin on this business? |
36338 | How so? |
36338 | My dear friend,said he, pleasantly,"how can you advise my avoiding disputes? |
36338 | Why the d-- l,said one of them,"you surely do n''t suppose that the fort will not be taken?" |
36338 | ****_ Q._ Are all parts of the colonies equally able to pay taxes? |
36338 | ****_ Q._ Are there any_ slitting- mills_ in America? |
36338 | ****_ Q._ From the thinness of the back settlements, would not the stamp- act be extremely inconvenient to the inhabitants, if executed? |
36338 | ****_ Q._ What was the temper of America towards Great Britain_ before the year_ 1763? |
36338 | ***_ Q._ Do you think the assemblies have a right to levy money on the subject there, to grant_ to the crown_? |
36338 | **_ Q._ Can anything less than a military force carry the stamp- act into execution? |
36338 | And do they know that, by that statute, money is not to be raised on the subject but by consent of Parliament? |
36338 | And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? |
36338 | And if a sparrow can not fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? |
36338 | And would they not then object to such a duty? |
36338 | But if Will Soc was a bad man, what had poor old Shehaes done? |
36338 | But shall we compare Saracens to Christians? |
36338 | But shall we imitate idolatrous papists, we that are enlightened Protestants? |
36338 | But shall white men and Christians act like a pagan negro? |
36338 | But, if he was, ought he not to have been fairly tried? |
36338 | Called in again._]_ Q._ Is the American stamp- act an equal tax on the country? |
36338 | Contrive day''s business, and What good shall{ 6} take the resolution of the day; prosecute I do this day? |
36338 | Do we come to America to learn and practise the manners of barbarians? |
36338 | How would the Americans receive it? |
36338 | How would the gods my righteous toils succeed, And bless the hand that made a stranger bleed? |
36338 | I done to- day? |
36338 | If an Indian injures me, does it follow that I may revenge that injury on all Indians? |
36338 | In Europe, if the French, who are white people, should injure the Dutch, are they to revenge it on the English, because they too are white people? |
36338 | Is not the Parliament? |
36338 | Now is not the_ want of sense_( where a man is so unfortunate as to want it) some apology for his_ want of modesty_? |
36338 | One of his friends, who sat next to me, said,"Franklin, why do you continue to side with those Quakers? |
36338 | The others said,"Let us row, what signifies it?" |
36338 | Those whom you have disarmed to satisfy groundless suspicions, will you leave them exposed to the armed madmen of your country? |
36338 | What could children of a year old, babes at the breast, what could they do, that they too must be shot and hatcheted? |
36338 | What could he or the other poor old men and women do? |
36338 | What is your opinion they would do? |
36338 | Will the people that have begun to manufacture decline it? |
36338 | You have imbrued your hands in innocent blood; how will you make them clean? |
36338 | _ A._ About three hundred thousand, from sixteen to sixty years of age? |
36338 | _ A._ I suppose there may be about one hundred and sixty thousand? |
36338 | _ A._ Suppose a military force sent into America, they will find nobody in arms; what are they then to do? |
36338 | _ Q._ And have they not still the same respect for Parliament? |
36338 | _ Q._ And what is their temper now? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are not all the people very able to pay those taxes? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are not ferrymen in America obliged, by act of Parliament, to carry over the posts without pay? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are not the colonies, from their circumstances, very able to pay the stamp duty? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are not the lower rank of people more at their ease in America than in England? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are not you concerned in the management of the_ postoffice_ in America? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are there any words in the charter that justify that construction? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are there any_ fulling- mills_ there? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are there no means of obliging them to erase those resolutions? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are they acquainted with the declaration of rights? |
36338 | _ Q._ Are they as much dissatisfied with the stamp duty as the English? |
36338 | _ Q._ Before there was any thought of the stamp- act, did they wish for a representation in Parliament? |
36338 | _ Q._ But can you name any act of Assembly, or public act of any of your governments, that made such distinction? |
36338 | _ Q._ But do they not consider the regulations of the postoffice, by the act of last year, as a tax? |
36338 | _ Q._ But is not the postoffice, which they have long received, a tax as well as a regulation? |
36338 | _ Q._ But must not he pay an additional postage for the distance to such inland town? |
36338 | _ Q._ But suppose Great Britain should be engaged in a_ war in Europe_, would North America contribute to the support of it? |
36338 | _ Q._ But what do you imagine they will think were the motives of repealing the act? |
36338 | _ Q._ But who are to be the judges of that extraordinary occasion? |
36338 | _ Q._ But will not this increase of expense be a means Of lessening the number of lawsuits? |
36338 | _ Q._ Can any private person take up those letters, and carry them as directed? |
36338 | _ Q._ Can the postmaster answer delivering the letter, without being paid such additional postage? |
36338 | _ Q._ Can there be wool and manufacture enough in one or two years? |
36338 | _ Q._ Can they possibly find wool enough in North America? |
36338 | _ Q._ Can we, at this distance, be competent judges of what favours are necessary? |
36338 | _ Q._ Did the secretary of state ever write for_ money_ for the crown? |
36338 | _ Q._ Did you ever hear the authority of Parliament to make laws for America questioned till lately? |
36338 | _ Q._ Did you never hear that a great quantity of_ stockings_ were contracted for, for the army, during the war, and manufactured in Philadelphia? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do n''t you know that the money arising from the stamps was all to be laid out in America? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do n''t you know that there is, in the Pennsylvania charter, an express reservation of the right of Parliament to lay taxes there? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do n''t you think cloth from England absolutely necessary to them? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do n''t you think the distribution of stamps_ by post_ to all the inhabitants very practicable, if there was no opposition? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do not letters often come into the postoffices in America directed to some inland town where no post goes? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do not you think the people of America would submit to pay the stamp duty if it was moderated? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do the Americans pay any considerable taxes among themselves? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do they consider the postoffice as a tax or as a regulation? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do you know anything of the_ rate of exchange_ in Pennsylvania, and whether it has fallen lately? |
36338 | _ Q._ Do you think it right that America should be protected by this country, and pay no part of the expense? |
36338 | _ Q._ Does not the severity of the winter in the northern colonies occasion the wool to be of bad quality? |
36338 | _ Q._ Does this reasoning hold in the case of a duty laid on the produce of their lands_ exported_? |
36338 | _ Q._ For what purposes are those taxes laid? |
36338 | _ Q._ Have any number of the Germans seen service as soldiers in Europe? |
36338 | _ Q._ Have you heard of any difficulties lately laid on the Spanish trade? |
36338 | _ Q._ How can the commerce be affected? |
36338 | _ Q._ How long are those taxes to continue? |
36338 | _ Q._ How many white men do you suppose there are in North America? |
36338 | _ Q._ How, then, can they think they have a right to levy money for the crown, or for any other than local purposes? |
36338 | _ Q._ How, then, could the Assembly of Pennsylvania assert, that laying a tax on them by the stamp- act was an infringement of their rights? |
36338 | _ Q._ How, then, do you pay the balance? |
36338 | _ Q._ If the Parliament should repeal the stamp- act, will the Assembly of Pennsylvania rescind their resolutions? |
36338 | _ Q._ If the act is not repealed, what do you think will be the consequence? |
36338 | _ Q._ If the stamp- act should be repealed, and the crown should make a requisition to the colonies for a sum of money, would they grant it? |
36338 | _ Q._ In what light did the people of America use to consider the Parliament of Great Britain? |
36338 | _ Q._ In what proportion had population increased in America? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is it in their power to do without them? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is it not necessary to send troops to America, to defend the Americans against the Indians? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is it their interest not to take them? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is it their interest to make cloth at home? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is not this a tax on the ferrymen? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is there a power on earth that can force them to erase them? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is there not a balance of trade due from the colonies where the troops are posted, that will bring back the money to the old colonies? |
36338 | _ Q._ Is this all you mean; a letter from the secretary of state? |
36338 | _ Q._ On what do you found your opinion, that the people in America made any such distinction? |
36338 | _ Q._ Suppose an act of internal regulations connected with a tax, how would they receive it? |
36338 | _ Q._ Then no regulation with a tax would be submitted to? |
36338 | _ Q._ To what cause is that owing? |
36338 | _ Q._ Was it an opinion in America before 1763, that the Parliament had no right to lay taxes and duties there? |
36338 | _ Q._ Was it not expected that the debt would have been sooner discharged? |
36338 | _ Q._ Was not the_ late war with_ the Indians,_ since the peace with France_, a war for America only? |
36338 | _ Q._ Were you not reimbursed by Parliament? |
36338 | _ Q._ What are the body of the people in the colonies? |
36338 | _ Q._ What are the present taxes in Pennsylvania, laid by the laws of the colony? |
36338 | _ Q._ What do you mean by its inexpediency? |
36338 | _ Q._ What do you think a sufficient military force to protect the distribution of the stamps in every part of America? |
36338 | _ Q._ What do you think is the reason that the people in America increase faster than in England? |
36338 | _ Q._ What is now their pride? |
36338 | _ Q._ What is the number of men in America able to bear arms, or of disciplined militia? |
36338 | _ Q._ What is the usual constitutional manner of calling on the colonies for aids? |
36338 | _ Q._ What is your opinion of a future tax, imposed on the same principle with that of the stamp- act? |
36338 | _ Q._ What may be the amount of one year''s imports into Pennsylvania from Britain? |
36338 | _ Q._ What may be the amount of the produce of your province exported to Britain? |
36338 | _ Q._ What number of Germans? |
36338 | _ Q._ What number of them are Quakers? |
36338 | _ Q._ What number of white inhabitants do you think there are in Pennsylvania? |
36338 | _ Q._ What used to be the pride of the Americans? |
36338 | _ Q._ What will be the opinion of the Americans on those resolutions? |
36338 | _ Q._ When did you communicate that instruction to the minister? |
36338 | _ Q._ When did you receive the instructions you mentioned? |
36338 | _ Q._ When money has been raised in the colonies upon requisition, has it not been granted to the king? |
36338 | _ Q._ Why do you think so? |
36338 | _ Q._ Why do you think so? |
36338 | _ Q._ Why may it not? |
36338 | _ Q._ Why so? |
36338 | _ Q._ Why so? |
36338 | _ Q._ Will it not take a long time to establish that manufacture among them; and must they not, in the mean while, suffer greatly? |
36338 | _ Q._ Would it be most for the interest of Great Britain to employ the hands of Virginia in tobacco or in manufactures? |
36338 | _ Q._ Would it not have the effect of excessive usury? |
36338 | _ Q._ Would the people at Boston discontinue their trade? |
36338 | _ Q._ Would the repeal of the stamp- act be any discouragement of your manufactures? |
36338 | _ Q._ Would they do this for a British concern, as suppose a war in some part of Europe that did not affect them? |
36338 | _ Q._ Would they grant money alone, if called on? |
36338 | _ Q._ Would they suffer the produce of their lands to rot? |
36338 | _ Q._ You have said that you pay heavy taxes in Pennsylvania; what do they amount to in the pound? |
36338 | and would not the lines stand more justly thus? |
36338 | had you not better sell them? |
36338 | or do we imagine we no longer need its assistance? |
40236 | ''And in the name of all the gods,''replied Socrates,''tell me, what is the first service that you intend to render the state?'' 40236 ''Perhaps I might,''said Charmidas;''but why do you ask me this question?'' |
40236 | ''Tell me, at least, the expenses of the republic, for no doubt you intend to retrench the superfluous?'' 40236 ''Tell me, then, in what consists the revenue of the state, and to how much it may amount? |
40236 | And what have I done all this time for God or man? 40236 But what madness must it be to_ run in debt_ for these superfluities? |
40236 | How so? |
40236 | Methinks I hear some of you say,''Must a man afford himself no leisure?'' 40236 So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? |
40236 | Socrates replied,''Would not the way to enrich the republic be to increase its revenue?'' 40236 You ask if I still relish my old studies? |
40236 | ''Tis a very sensible question you ask, how the air can affect the barometer, when its opening appears covered with wood? |
40236 | *** How can such miserable sinners as we are entertain so much pride as to conceit that every offence against our imagined honour merits_ death_? |
40236 | Ages have intervened between its several steps; but, as knowledge of late increases rapidly, why should not those steps be quickened? |
40236 | All princes who are disposed to become tyrants must probably approve of this opinion, and be willing to establish it; but is it not a dangerous one? |
40236 | An odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set: what think you of the odd half of a pair of scissors? |
40236 | And why is it not fulfilled? |
40236 | And why? |
40236 | And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? |
40236 | And, pray, would you have them hoard the money they get? |
40236 | Are they, then, any better or other than pickpockets? |
40236 | Are we farmers the only people to be grudged the profits of our honest labour? |
40236 | Are you, then, your own master? |
40236 | As it is impossible to know what your ideas are of the_ maniére convenable_, how can one answer this? |
40236 | As you are now free from public cares, and I expect to be so in a few months, why may we not resume that kind of correspondence? |
40236 | Being thus attacked by both ends_ of the constitution_, the head and tail_ of government_, what am I to do? |
40236 | But I ask, why a partial tax? |
40236 | But now, when you find yourself incapable of aiding a private man, how can you think of behaving yourself so as to be useful to a whole people? |
40236 | But though it be true to a proverb that lazy folks take the most pains, does it follow that they deserve the most money? |
40236 | But were you to succeed, do you imagine any good would be done by it? |
40236 | But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists? |
40236 | But why more than any other workman? |
40236 | But you object, if water may be thus carried into the clouds, why have we not salt rains? |
40236 | Can I be assured that I shall be allowed to come back again to make the report?'' |
40236 | Can he possibly preserve a right to that character, if by fraud, stratagem, or contrivance, he avoids that payment in whole or in part? |
40236 | Can we easily conceive how the strata of the earth could have been so deranged, if it had not been a mere shell supported by a heavier fluid? |
40236 | Can you not, when your children are all at school, make a little party and take a trip hither? |
40236 | Can you, my lord, forgive my long silence, and my not acknowledging till now the favour you did me in sending me your excellent book? |
40236 | Could all these people, now employed in raising, making, or carrying superfluities, be subsisted by raising necessaries? |
40236 | Do we know the limit of condensation air is capable of? |
40236 | Do you possess it? |
40236 | Does it rise above our atmosphere, and mix with the universal mass of the same kind? |
40236 | For he governed his passions,''& c."But what signifies our wishing? |
40236 | Has the question, how came the earth by its magnetism, ever been considered? |
40236 | Has your Society among its books the French work_ Sur les Arts et les Metiers_? |
40236 | Have you been upon the place? |
40236 | Have you seen them?'' |
40236 | He began with him thus:"''You have a mind, then, to govern the republic?'' |
40236 | How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep? |
40236 | How shall we ever be able to pay them? |
40236 | How so? |
40236 | How, then, is it possible, said my friend, that you can keep on your business? |
40236 | If he is a just man, has he not the virtue of justice? |
40236 | If men are so wicked_ with religion_, what would they be if_ without it_? |
40236 | If one servant is more valuable than another, has he not more merit than the other? |
40236 | If the earth is at present magnetical, in virtue of the masses of iron ore contained in it, might not some ages pass before it had magnetic polarity? |
40236 | If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? |
40236 | Is a pacing- horse less valuable for being a natural pacer? |
40236 | Is a patriot not praiseworthy if public spirit is natural to him? |
40236 | Is any gentleman ashamed to undertake and execute the commission? |
40236 | Is it likely that_ iron ore_ immediately existed when this globe was at first formed; or may it not rather be supposed a gradual production of time? |
40236 | Is it not the Bible of the Massachusetts language, translated by Elliot, and printed in New- England about the middle of the last century? |
40236 | Is it not thus that fire is amassed, and makes the greatest part of the substance of combustible bodies? |
40236 | Is not all punishment inflicted beyond the merit of the offence, so much punishment of innocence? |
40236 | Is not the natural heat of animals thus produced, by separating in digestion the parts of food, and setting their fire at liberty? |
40236 | Is there, then, no difference in value between property and life? |
40236 | May it not have been from such considerations that the ancient philosophers supposed a sphere of fire to exist above the air of our atmosphere? |
40236 | Mean as this practice is, do we not daily see people of character and fortune engaged in it for trifling advantages to themselves? |
40236 | Might not that woman, by her labour, have made the reparation ordained by God in paying fourfold? |
40236 | Must I keep my corn in the barn, to feed and increase the breed of rats? |
40236 | Or do they employ these your darling manufacturers, and so scatter it again all over the nation? |
40236 | Or has he not the virtue of industry? |
40236 | Ought a man, who has not strength enought to carry a hundred pound weight, to undertake to carry a heavier burden?'' |
40236 | That soldiers and seamen, who must march and labour in the sun, should in the East or West Indies have a uniform of white? |
40236 | Their fine clothes and furniture, do they make themselves or for one another, and so keep the money among them? |
40236 | They ought to be repressed; but to whom dare we commit the care of doing it? |
40236 | To put a man to death for an offence which does not deserve death, is it not a murder? |
40236 | Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful? |
40236 | Was it not as worthy of his care that the world should say he was an honest and a good man? |
40236 | We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him? |
40236 | What becomes of that fluid? |
40236 | What now avails all my toil and labour in amassing honey- dew on this leaf, which I can not live to enjoy? |
40236 | What occasions, then, so much want and misery? |
40236 | What science, then, can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of the mathematics? |
40236 | What signifies philosophy that does not apply to some use? |
40236 | What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy? |
40236 | What was that saying? |
40236 | What was the consequence of this monstrous pride and insolence? |
40236 | What would you advise us to?" |
40236 | When will human reason be sufficiently improved to see the advantage of this? |
40236 | Why should not the law of nations go on improving? |
40236 | Why, then, should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society? |
40236 | Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? |
40236 | Would it not be better for you to move into the house? |
40236 | Would you have me give them to, or drop them for a stranger I may find next Monday in the Church of Notre Dame, to be known by a rose in his hat? |
40236 | You ask what I mean? |
40236 | You saw that we, who understand and practise those rules, believed all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?" |
40236 | and if the law itself be unjust, may it not be the very"instrument"which ought"to raise the author''s and everybody''s highest indignation?" |
40236 | and what mean, low, rascally pickpockets must those be that can pick pockets for halfpence and for farthings? |
40236 | for, in politics, what can laws do without morals? |
40236 | is it then impossible to make an unjust law? |
40236 | may not even gold and silver be thus valued? |
40236 | says another,"have we then_ thieves_ among us? |
40236 | why laid on us farmers only? |
26295 | A capital subject,said Benjamin;"what do you say to taking that, Ralph?" |
26295 | A dollar and a half? 26295 A mean( humble) mechanic,--who can tell what an engine of good he may be, if humbly and wisely applied unto it?" |
26295 | Am I not going to Mr. Brownwell''s school any longer? |
26295 | And I go with you, did you say? |
26295 | And came all the way from Boston alone? |
26295 | And not go to school any more? |
26295 | And what is that? 26295 And what will be the probable expense of all these?" |
26295 | And where did you get your stones? |
26295 | And why do you deem such a pledge necessary? |
26295 | Any whistles? |
26295 | Are you about ready, Benjamin, to come into the shop and help me? |
26295 | Are you hungry? |
26295 | Are you satisfied,inquired Mrs. Franklin,"that Benjamin can not be prevailed upon to take the place of John in your shop?" |
26295 | Are you the young man,said Mickle,"who has lately opened a new printing- house?" |
26295 | Are your parents not willing that you should go to sea? |
26295 | Because Philadelphia is degenerating, and half the people are now bankrupt, or nearly so, and how can they support so many printers? |
26295 | Benjamin,said his father,"where was you last evening?" |
26295 | But did you not like the brazier''s business? |
26295 | But dost thou love life? 26295 But how can you expect to get all the business when there is another printer here, who has been established some time?" |
26295 | But would it not prove an advantage for you to be there yourself, to select the types, and see that everything is good? |
26295 | But your father was not thus persecuted, was he? |
26295 | By changing the name? |
26295 | Can I have more coppers when these are gone? |
26295 | Can I see him? |
26295 | Can any one particular form of government suit all mankind? |
26295 | Can it be,he exclaimed to Collins,"that you are intemperate?" |
26295 | Can it be? |
26295 | Can you take a friend of mine to New York? |
26295 | Can you take me in? 26295 Did they belong to you?" |
26295 | Did you not know that man? |
26295 | Did you not know that they belonged to the man who is building the house? |
26295 | Do n''t you believe it? |
26295 | Do you call me drunk? |
26295 | Do you intend to take Benjamin away from school at once? |
26295 | Do you know of any deserving young beginner lately set up, whom it lies in the power of the Junto any way to encourage? |
26295 | Do you think of anything at present in which the Junto may be serviceable to_ mankind_, to their country, to their friends, or to themselves? |
26295 | Do you think you will learn a lesson from this, and never do the like again? |
26295 | Do you understand all parts of it so that you can go on with it? |
26295 | Does Benjamin Franklin work for you? |
26295 | Doing? |
26295 | Go to see what? |
26295 | Going back? |
26295 | HOW MUCH DID YOU GIVE FOR YOUR WHISTLE? |
26295 | Hath any citizen failed in business, and what have you heard of the cause? |
26295 | Have you a subject to suggest? |
26295 | Have you any particular trade in view? |
26295 | Have you anything in view for him to do? |
26295 | Have you biscuit? |
26295 | Have you heard what they are doing in the Assembly? |
26295 | Have you lately heard of any citizen''s thriving well, and by what means? |
26295 | Have you lately observed any defect in the laws of your country, of which it would be proper to move the Legislature for an amendment? 26295 Have you met with anything, in the author you last read, remarkable, or suitable to be communicated to the Junto? |
26295 | Have you read them all? |
26295 | Have you seen all that is to be seen? |
26295 | Here I am among strangers without the means of returning, and what shall I do? |
26295 | How can you get away without letting him know it? |
26295 | How did you lose that? |
26295 | How does he feel about it? |
26295 | How does it happen, then, that some of their works are so popular? |
26295 | How far is it to Philadelphia? |
26295 | How happened it that he should come here with you? |
26295 | How is that,said James,"does he dislike your pieces?" |
26295 | How long ago was that? |
26295 | How long have you worked at the business? |
26295 | How long since you left home? |
26295 | How many copies of them would you print? |
26295 | How may smoky chimneys be best cured? |
26295 | How may the phenomena of vapours be explained? |
26295 | How much did you give for your whistle? |
26295 | How much do you make by boarding yourself, Ben? |
26295 | How much money have you? |
26295 | How much will you allow me a week if I will board myself? |
26295 | How old are you? |
26295 | How old is he? |
26295 | How so? |
26295 | How so? |
26295 | How so? |
26295 | How so? |
26295 | How so? |
26295 | How will it do to issue it in Benjamin''s name? |
26295 | How would you like to learn the printer''s trade with your brother James? |
26295 | I am from Boston? |
26295 | I should like to know where you discover the evidence of it? |
26295 | I suppose you can readily get work here, can you not? |
26295 | I suppose you do n''t mean to make me editor also? |
26295 | I would like such an enterprise myself,added Benjamin;"but can we succeed against Keimer? |
26295 | In what has he the advantage? |
26295 | Is the emission of paper money safe? |
26295 | Is there another printing- office here? |
26295 | Is there any man whose friendship you want, and which the Junto, or any of them, can procure for you? |
26295 | May I have some----? |
26295 | Mr. Franklin, what is the lowest you can take for this book? |
26295 | No work in Boston I''spose, hey? 26295 No work, hey? |
26295 | One dollar,said the lounger,"ca n''t you take less than that?" |
26295 | Shall I do it immediately? |
26295 | So you will decide to take that trade, will you? |
26295 | Then you are really in earnest? 26295 Then you deliberately resolved to steal them, did you?" |
26295 | Then you do not believe all that you have been taught about religion, if I understand you? |
26295 | Then you experienced the rigours of intolerance there, in some measure, did you? |
26295 | Then you think I am paying more a week for your board than it is worth? |
26295 | Then you think of opening a boarding- house for the special accommodation of Benjamin Franklin? |
26295 | Then, if you ca n''t go to sea, and you wo n''t be a tallow- chandler, what can you do? |
26295 | To New York? |
26295 | Used to the printing business? |
26295 | Want more gingerbread I''spose? |
26295 | Want to be a sailor? 26295 Want work at your old business, I suppose?" |
26295 | What are you going to buy? |
26295 | What can I do here now? |
26295 | What could possibly be your object in doing so? |
26295 | What did you come here for? |
26295 | What do you think of that, my son? 26295 What do you think of the prospect of getting work at some other office in the town?" |
26295 | What do_ you_ say, Ralph? |
26295 | What does your father say about your going off so far? |
26295 | What else is there for you to do, Benjamin? |
26295 | What had you to build it with? |
26295 | What happy effects of temperance?--of prudence?--of moderation?--or of any other virtue? |
26295 | What has happened now? |
26295 | What has happened to lead you to desire this? |
26295 | What has started you off there? |
26295 | What have you there, Benjamin? |
26295 | What have you there? |
26295 | What is that? |
26295 | What is that? |
26295 | What is the subject? |
26295 | What is there left to eat when meat is taken away? |
26295 | What is your opinion of my article? |
26295 | What is your opinion with regard to the truth of the Scriptures? |
26295 | What kind of a place is it? |
26295 | What kind of money do you have there? |
26295 | What particular service can I render? |
26295 | What qualifications have I for this that I have not for the cutler''s trade? |
26295 | What shall I ever want of Rhetoric or Logic? |
26295 | What shall you do now? |
26295 | What trade have you decided to follow, Benjamin? |
26295 | What unhappy effects of intemperance have you lately observed or heard?--of imprudence?--of passion?--or of any other vice or folly? |
26295 | What was you doing there? |
26295 | What was your business? |
26295 | What would you have if you could get it,--roast chicken and plum pudding? |
26295 | What would you like to do? |
26295 | What ye goin''to Philadelphy for? |
26295 | What, then, shall I do? |
26295 | When shall I begin, if you decide to let me go? |
26295 | Where are you from, my lad? |
26295 | Where are you from? |
26295 | Where did you get your bread, boy? |
26295 | Where have you been, Ben? |
26295 | Where shall you go to find one? |
26295 | Where will you get your lumber? |
26295 | Where will you go? |
26295 | Which is least criminal,--a_ bad_ action joined with a_ good_ intention, or a_ good_ action with a_ bad_ intention? |
26295 | Whither bound? |
26295 | Who can the author be? |
26295 | Who is the author of it? |
26295 | Who is your friend? |
26295 | Who will prepare them? 26295 Why can I not attend school till I am old enough to help you?" |
26295 | Why did_ he_ bring home my turkey? |
26295 | Why do n''t he get work in Boston? |
26295 | Why have you not disclosed it before? |
26295 | Why is that? |
26295 | Why not? 26295 Why so, father?" |
26295 | Why, then, did you take them in the evening, after the workmen had gone home? 26295 Will you row now?" |
26295 | Will you tell me who the author is now? |
26295 | You have? 26295 You know?" |
26295 | ( turning to the drunken man)"how do you like diving?" |
26295 | After waiting some time he asked:"Is Mr. Franklin at home?" |
26295 | Again and again they allowed him to approach the boat, when they repeated the question:"Will you promise to row?" |
26295 | And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend, or do we imagine we no longer need his assistance? |
26295 | And how can you want to leave your good home, and all your friends, to live in a ship, exposed to storms and death all the time?" |
26295 | And, if a sparrow can not fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can arise without his aid? |
26295 | As he passed on, the young man turned to a person near by, and inquired,"Who is that polite old gentleman who brought home my turkey for me?" |
26295 | Do you ask how he likes it? |
26295 | Do you think I shall succeed in my business?" |
26295 | Does the young reader appreciate the privileges which he enjoys? |
26295 | Has he thought more of the quality of his food than of anything else at the family board? |
26295 | Have you any other pieces?" |
26295 | How can you tell whether they are mentally inferior or not, until they are permitted to enjoy equal advantages?" |
26295 | How could he write letters of credit, when he has no credit of his own to give? |
26295 | How did it happen that you formed this evil habit?" |
26295 | How long since you left home?" |
26295 | How long will it take to learn the trade?" |
26295 | I want to know whether you will lend me money to pay my bills here and go on my journey?" |
26295 | Is it not so?" |
26295 | Is there any other conveyance to Philadelphia?" |
26295 | May I have some, father?" |
26295 | Now, honestly, is not this much better for me, and for you, than the same amount of beer?" |
26295 | Perhaps he wanted to get away where he could eat as he pleased, with no one to say,"Why do ye so?" |
26295 | Seest thou a man diligent in his business? |
26295 | Some of the questions discussed by the members of the Junto were as follows:--"Is_ sound_ an entity or body?" |
26295 | Then you are a poet, are you? |
26295 | This question being answered, he continued,"Have you friends in Philadelphia?" |
26295 | What is the matter with it?" |
26295 | What kin ye du?" |
26295 | What put that into your head?" |
26295 | What should he do? |
26295 | What''s your name?" |
26295 | When they came to the house, the young fop asked,"What shall I pay you?" |
26295 | When will you begin?" |
26295 | While sitting at the dinner- table, his host asked,"Where are you from?" |
26295 | Who is it?" |
26295 | Why did you not go after them when the workmen were all there?" |
26295 | Why may not truth appear in such a dress as successfully as fiction? |
26295 | Why may not_ actual_ lives be presented in this manner as vividly as_ imaginary_ ones? |
26295 | Why, you offered it yourself for one dollar and a quarter?" |
26295 | You like to study, do you not?" |
26295 | You mean to go?" |
26295 | a gambler, too?" |
26295 | all you have?" |
26295 | and away off here so far? |
26295 | back again?" |
26295 | exclaimed James, astonished almost beyond measure by the disclosure;"do you mean to say that you wrote those articles?" |
26295 | exclaimed his brother,"did you give all your money for that little concern?" |
26295 | exclaimed the heroic lad,"I never saw fear,--what is it?" |
26295 | inquired John,"I do n''t understand you?" |
26295 | is it you, Benjamin? |
26295 | or do you know of any beneficial law that is wanting?" |
26295 | poetry, is it? |
26295 | what sort of work are you after that you find it so scarce?" |
26295 | who can it be?" |
36376 | ''Why, how came this picture here, Sarah?'' 36376 All this looks very fair, Ben; but yet after all what are we to do without FAITH?" |
36376 | And in addition to all this, are they not daily paying large monies in secret taxes to Great Britain? 36376 But does not the Bible, in a thousand places, say that without faith no man can please God?" |
36376 | But is not faith a great virtue in itself, and a qualification for heaven? |
36376 | But suppose,asked some of them,"we were to quit our beer with bread and cheese for breakfast, what substitute should we have?" |
36376 | But what do you mean by_ their_ religion, my son? |
36376 | But why do you pitch on his GOODNESS rather than on any other of his attributes? |
36376 | But why do you suppose that so readily, Ben? |
36376 | But why, my son, did you keep me so long unhappy about your fate, and not write to me sooner? |
36376 | God''s mercy, child, what do you mean by that? |
36376 | Heavens, sir,said he to Keimer, one day in the midst of a hot argument,"Who can think, with common sense, A smooth shaved face gives God offence? |
36376 | How can that be,said Ben,"seeing you have a young wife and child?" |
36376 | I may have heard of him, child-- I''m not positive-- but what of governor Keith? |
36376 | No, child; what is it, for I have forgotten it? |
36376 | Sir,resorted the other,"what do you mean? |
36376 | So then, you look on faith as no virtue in itself, and good for nothing unless it exalt men to the likeness of God? |
36376 | Ungrateful? |
36376 | Well then, father, what''s to be done, for I know that the governor is so very anxious to get me into this place, that he will hardly be said nay? |
36376 | Well, but child, do you make no account of faith? |
36376 | Well, but how is this to be done? |
36376 | Well, doctor,said lord Spencer,"what is your opinion on this subject?" |
36376 | Well, reverend sir,said he, looking at the preacher, as he took up the Bible,"shall I read this chapter?" |
36376 | Well, sir,said the governor, sensibly staggered,"and how would you alter it?" |
36376 | What am I to understand by that, Ben? |
36376 | What have you got there? |
36376 | What imports it to the government, whether a merchant, a smith, or a hatter, grows rich in Old England or New England? 36376 What is it, Ben?" |
36376 | What shall we do to save our Bible? |
36376 | What, Tom,cried the doctor,"have you not got the silver hook yet?" |
36376 | Where, father,said Ben, roused up,"where?" |
36376 | Why not, my son? |
36376 | Why not, sir? |
36376 | Why so, my son? |
36376 | Why, do n''t you think them necessary? |
36376 | Why, father, must not that which moves be greater than that which is moved? |
36376 | Why, sir, the governor of Pennsylvania, sir William Keith-- I dare say, father, you have often heard of governor Keith? |
36376 | Why, what use can you have for so many books? 36376 Yes, father, and for the best reason in the world; for who can ever hope to please the Deity without his moral image? |
36376 | Zounds, man, what can it be? |
36376 | _ Pray, my little man, and what''s that that you are crying there so bravely?_Ben told them it was poetry. |
36376 | _ So Ben!_said he to him as he pressed his beloved hand,"_ you have got into a paper war already, have you?_"Ben blushed. |
36376 | _ To be sure, madam_,replied he with his usual gallantry,"_ and suppose we order one?_"She looked surprised. |
36376 | _ What luck? 36376 _ What!_"replied she, with sarcastic pleasantry,"_ do n''t the young ladies with you, read_ POOR RICHARD''S ALMANAC?" |
36376 | After a short pause, with a sigh, he thus resumed his speech--"Then, O my son, what a wretch were man without religion? |
36376 | An odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set: what think you of the_ half_ of a pair of scissors? |
36376 | And at midnight God called unto Abraham, saying, where is the stranger? |
36376 | And besides, sir, where is the necessity for this_ most degrading_ measure? |
36376 | And have I indeed been all this time throwing away Vernon''s money for brandy to addle the brain of this poor_ self- made_ brute? |
36376 | And how is this to be done? |
36376 | And in this grand view, do not the holy apostles, and even Christ himself treat these things in the same way? |
36376 | And pray what has that butterfly philosopher to say against the immortal Newton? |
36376 | And pray what is the anecdote? |
36376 | And pray, sir, answered Ben, do you know any young man of your acquaintance that would? |
36376 | And pray, sir, continued Collins, tauntingly, do you know of any_ young woman_ of your acquaintance that would make a Newton? |
36376 | And pray, sir,"continued Ben,"where''s the wonder of all this? |
36376 | And then, as the spirits depend on the blood, must not the spirits secreted from such blood be the purest too? |
36376 | And what do you suppose they gave for it? |
36376 | And what do you suppose they immediately asked for it? |
36376 | And who knows but that old Jacob''s joys may be mine? |
36376 | And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? |
36376 | Are you then your own master? |
36376 | As we entered, she pointed to him, where he lay on his bed, and said,''_ there_, did thee ever see any thing look so natural?'' |
36376 | Aye, how will you prevent it? |
36376 | But do the buckskins generally stir so early as this?" |
36376 | But is this the way to recover our friendship and trade? |
36376 | But now taking all this for granted, what is still your idea of the true religion?" |
36376 | But now that the money is all gone, and I without a shilling to replace it, what''s to be done? |
36376 | But were you to succeed, do you imagine any good would be done by it? |
36376 | But what brain of man could have suspected this of him? |
36376 | But what can I write? |
36376 | But what is still your inference from all this, as to true religion?" |
36376 | But what madness must it be to run in debt for these superfluities? |
36376 | But whence, my son, could these prejudices have arisen?" |
36376 | But who does not see what will be the consequence of submitting to it? |
36376 | Ca n''t you take a passenger aboard? |
36376 | Did he, even at the early age of twenty- five, form an acquaintance with young persons fond of reading, but unable to purchase books? |
36376 | Do n''t they keep up family prayer? |
36376 | Do n''t you know Indian Dick? |
36376 | Do n''t you see the child is never happy but when he has a book in his hand? |
36376 | Do you suppose, my dear sir, that if I had but dreamt it was you, I would ever have touched the hair of your head? |
36376 | Every thing, you know, suffers by going to the_ West_, as the great French philosophers have proved; then why not the sun?" |
36376 | Faith, they are told, has done wonders for other people; why not for them? |
36376 | For who, for example, will ever get drunk who has no_ debts_ nor_ duns_ nor vices of any sort to make him_ uneasy_? |
36376 | From such an assembly, can a perfect production be expected? |
36376 | Have not the Americans ever shown themselves the warmest friends of their king and country? |
36376 | Have they not, in all cases of danger, most readily voted both their men and money to the full extent of their means, and sometimes far beyond? |
36376 | How can one of God''s attributes be greater than another, when all are infinite?" |
36376 | How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep? |
36376 | How shall we be ever able to pay them? |
36376 | How then, without tears, could he for the last time, feel the strong pressure of his hand, and catch the parting glance? |
36376 | I do n''t understand you, child: what do you mean by the fig- leaf?" |
36376 | I, for my part, always takes great notice of dreams, they generally turn out so true._ And now can you tell what a droll dream I had last night? |
36376 | If men are so wicked_ with_ religion, what would they be_ without_ it? |
36376 | If they should, as_ merchants_, sand their sugar, or water their molasses, what great matter is that? |
36376 | If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? |
36376 | If, as men of HONOUR, they should accept a challenge, and receive a shot in a duel, what of that? |
36376 | In short, why should the countenance of a state be_ partially_ afforded to its people, unless it be most in favour of those who have most merit?" |
36376 | Is it not in this way that the devil himself most effectually works our ruin? |
36376 | Is it not the more dangerous for being a trifle? |
36376 | Look among the Egyptians-- the Greeks-- the Romans, to equal him? |
36376 | Methinks I hear some of you say,"must a man afford himself no leisure?" |
36376 | Must not the blood that is formed of vegetables be the purest in nature? |
36376 | Must not the regret of our parents be excessive, at having placed so great a distance between sisters who are so perfectly equal? |
36376 | Near eighty letters set up in less than four minutes, and without a blunder? |
36376 | No, indeed, replied Ben; well what do you think of that anecdote of him, lately published in the New England Courant from a London paper? |
36376 | Now gentlemen, can any of you make this lovely child the minister of Dives''bounty to poor Lazarus? |
36376 | Now what can be more reasonable than doctor Franklin''s remarks on this very remarkable occurrence? |
36376 | Now, do you know what was my first employment, when I was a boy?" |
36376 | O say, my father, wo nt you come and live with me?" |
36376 | O, God bless you, Mr. CAT, is that you? |
36376 | One night Denham asked Ben how he would like a trip to America? |
36376 | Or that a whisker hath a charm, Eternal justice to disarm?" |
36376 | Or where was the land of Nod? |
36376 | Or, was it in the shape of a_ serpent or a monkey_ that the devil tempted Eve? |
36376 | Presently down came Sir Isaac-- was very glad to see his friend Sloan-- how had he been all this time? |
36376 | Ralph, it is true, did no work; but what of that? |
36376 | So then you''ll let Ben run free? |
36376 | So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? |
36376 | Solomon, we know, was fallible; what wonder then young Franklin? |
36376 | Soon as she saw me, she said,''Well David, how dost?''" |
36376 | The moment for trial being come, and the minister giving the signal to begin, the speaker thus commenced:--_ Q._ What is your name and place of abode? |
36376 | Thee remembers the story of Joseph, does thee not? |
36376 | Their assent was quickly obtained: but what shall we make it of? |
36376 | Then measuring Ben from head to foot, he said with a sly quizzing sort of air, and pray now my little man where may you have come from? |
36376 | They seemed to say to him,"_ O my father, must we part to- morrow?_""Yes, Ben, we part to- morrow, and perhaps never to meet again!" |
36376 | They were not born for any such thing._ Ben wanted to know what they_ were_ born for? |
36376 | We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him? |
36376 | Well, I wonder now if they have any such thing as_ money_ in Philadelphia? |
36376 | What luck?_"cried the doctor. |
36376 | What made him so importunate with his young acquaintance in London, to divert them from their brutalizing and fatal intemperance? |
36376 | What made him so liberal of his money and services to the base Collins and Ralph? |
36376 | What made him so patient and forgiving of the injuries done him by the worthless Keimer and Keith? |
36376 | What success?_"Ben, with a smile, drew his father''s letter from his pocket. |
36376 | What would you advise us to do?" |
36376 | What, that the women are as capable of studying the sciences as the men? |
36376 | Who can tell what this anxious father felt when he saw his son return as he did? |
36376 | Who depopulated the fine negro- coasts of Africa? |
36376 | Who extirpated many of the once glorious Indian nations of America? |
36376 | Who,"he asks crowingly,"filled Asia with fire and sword in the bloody wars of the Crusades? |
36376 | Whoever saw a meeting- house before without a pulpit?_ He could not for his life conceive where the preacher was to stand. |
36376 | Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals-- a new member added to their society? |
36376 | Why, sure, Mr. Tenant, you are the man that converted me?_"_"I converted you!" |
36376 | Will not these_ heavy taxes_, quite ruin the country? |
36376 | Yes, Ben, without the hopes of immortality, how much better he had never been born? |
36376 | You have eyes, sir; and do n''t these show you that the sun rises in the east and travels to the west?" |
36376 | You remember father, the old story of the pork, do n''t you?" |
36376 | _ But_, said some,_ will not the assembly haul you over the coals for thus attempting to whip the d----l round the stump?_ No, replied James. |
36376 | _ Monster!_ cried Newton with a face inflamed as if it had been toasting at the tail of one of his comets,_ did you mean to burn me alive? |
36376 | _ Where are you bound?_ said he. |
36376 | and how did he leave his good lady and family? |
36376 | and mark the deep distress of the citizens, as with tearful eyes they beheld the flames swallowing up their pleasant habitations and furniture? |
36376 | but how are we to imitate him?" |
36376 | d- d- d- don''t you know me, Mr. Tenant? |
36376 | has he so?" |
36376 | his having been_ born and brought up in a land of Gospel light and love_? |
36376 | how do, Mr. Tenant?_"Tenant could not look at him. |
36376 | how he was betrayed by his brethren into Egypt, not only a poor lad like thee, but indeed a slave too? |
36376 | or rather did they not display a rouge of health and fire of genius, far beyond those silly youths who crammed on all the luxuries of the royal table? |
36376 | retorted the cat, with a tiger- like growl, dare you talk of_ mercy_ after treating me thus, who never injured you?" |
36376 | said Ben,"and pray what''s become of the Scotch? |
36376 | said Ben,"who can that be?" |
36376 | said I,''what''s all this?'' |
36376 | that is, what_ good_ would it be to the world? |
36376 | well, and where-- where did you get your education, pray?" |
36376 | what can that mean, my son?" |
36376 | what do you suppose they gave for seven millions of acres of rich, heavy timbered Pennsylvania land? |
36376 | what signifies making two bites at a cherry? |
36376 | what, beyond sir Isaac?" |
36376 | where then,"said Palmer;"in Paris?" |
36376 | who was Melchizedeck? |
36376 | why that''s a droll dream sure enough, replied Ben; and pray, Madam, what do you ask for your old book? |
36376 | would it not be better for you to go to London, and choose these things yourself? |
36376 | you have not dined? |
38469 | For,said he,"I am often asked by those to whom I propose subscribing,_ Have you consulted Franklin on this business? |
38469 | Methinks I hear some of you say,''Must a man afford himself no leisure?'' 38469 Philadelphia?" |
38469 | So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? 38469 What,"said the stranger,"is Ben Franklin, the printer, your son? |
38469 | Who, madam? |
38469 | Why,said one of them,"you surely do not suppose that the fort will not be taken?" |
38469 | ''But dost thou love life? |
38469 | ''If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? |
38469 | ***** 2. Who were the proprietaries? |
38469 | 11. Who were appointed to treat with the Indians? |
38469 | 12. Who was David Harry? |
38469 | 12. Who was George Webb? |
38469 | 12. Who were his chief acquaintance at this period? |
38469 | 13. Who was now the only rival of Franklin? |
38469 | 15. Who proposed the plan for the Philadelphia hospital? |
38469 | 17. Who contrived the first copperplate press ever seen in this country? |
38469 | 18. Who was Dr. Wright? |
38469 | 6. Who printed the second newspaper in New England? |
38469 | 6. Who was Hemphill? |
38469 | 7. Who was Mr. Denham? |
38469 | 8. Who offered Franklin their assistance? |
38469 | Ages have intervened between its several steps; but as knowledge of late increases rapidly, why should not those steps be quickened? |
38469 | And what does he think of it?_ And when I tell them I have not, they do not subscribe, but say,_ they will consider it_." |
38469 | And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? |
38469 | Are you then your own master? |
38469 | Benjamin? |
38469 | But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists? |
38469 | By how many did he compute that he might be heard at a time? |
38469 | By what means was the battery erected and furnished? |
38469 | By whom was Gnadenhutten settled? |
38469 | By whose request was a correct French translation made? |
38469 | Did Franklin approve of the scheme and assist in it? |
38469 | Did Franklin receive the letters promised by the governor? |
38469 | Did Franklin show his usual prudence? |
38469 | Did Franklin still pursue his studies, and how? |
38469 | Did he attempt to imitate it? |
38469 | Did he regret his silence? |
38469 | Did his early habits continue? |
38469 | Do you imagine that sloth will afford you more comfort than labor? |
38469 | For what profession did his parents intend to educate him? |
38469 | For what purpose did Franklin visit Burlington? |
38469 | From what is the word electricity derived? |
38469 | He often thought of the proverb of Solomon, which his father had impressed on him while a boy--"Seest thou a man diligent in his calling? |
38469 | His father? |
38469 | How are the Moravian marriages conducted? |
38469 | How did Benjamin conduct the paper? |
38469 | How did Franklin comply with this request? |
38469 | How did Franklin conciliate a member who was opposed to him? |
38469 | How did Franklin lose his seat in the assembly? |
38469 | How did Franklin propose to extend its advantages? |
38469 | How did Franklin pursue his journey? |
38469 | How did Franklin quarrel with Keimer? |
38469 | How did Franklin succeed, and how did he pass his time? |
38469 | How did General Braddock obviate this difficulty? |
38469 | How did he attempt to acquire a habit of these virtues? |
38469 | How did he endeavor to make it useful? |
38469 | How did he get to Philadelphia? |
38469 | How did he learn arithmetic? |
38469 | How did he make his newspaper serviceable in circulating instruction? |
38469 | How did he prepare the kite? |
38469 | How did he propose to prove the truth of his doctrine? |
38469 | How did he succeed in his new trade? |
38469 | How did he treat the Indians who joined him on his march? |
38469 | How did his ballads succeed? |
38469 | How did his father discourage his new taste? |
38469 | How did his father receive the governor''s letter? |
38469 | How did it succeed? |
38469 | How did it succeed? |
38469 | How did she receive him? |
38469 | How did the Junto flourish? |
38469 | How did the Penn family represent this law? |
38469 | How did the assembly treat their claim? |
38469 | How did the commissioners excuse themselves? |
38469 | How did the opposition to his reappointment affect him? |
38469 | How did the paper succeed under Franklin''s management? |
38469 | How did the preacher ruin his own cause? |
38469 | How did they manage to conceal their fires? |
38469 | How long did it take to build it? |
38469 | How long had Franklin been absent from Boston when he determined to revisit it? |
38469 | How long was Franklin in London? |
38469 | How long was it continued? |
38469 | How many men were placed under his command? |
38469 | How many subscribers were obtained to these proposals? |
38469 | How many subscribers were obtained? |
38469 | How much did Franklin furnish? |
38469 | How much was furnished by the British general to be paid in advance to the owners of the wagons and horses? |
38469 | How shall we be ever able to pay them? |
38469 | How shall we ever be able to pay them? |
38469 | How was Benjamin connected with it? |
38469 | How was Benjamin discharged from his indentures? |
38469 | How was Franklin again thrown upon the world? |
38469 | How was Franklin chiefly occupied at this time? |
38469 | How was Franklin received? |
38469 | How was Franklin relieved? |
38469 | How was Pennsylvania exposed to danger? |
38469 | How was he esteemed in France? |
38469 | How was he received by the assembly? |
38469 | How was he relieved? |
38469 | How was his communication received? |
38469 | How was his request treated? |
38469 | How was it evaded? |
38469 | How was it settled? |
38469 | How was the fort constructed? |
38469 | How was the interview between the brothers at Newport? |
38469 | How was the proclamation for fast drawn up and circulated? |
38469 | How was the treaty concluded? |
38469 | How was_ The Way to Wealth_ approved? |
38469 | How were Franklin''s affairs succeeding at this time? |
38469 | How were his political negotiations? |
38469 | How were the rioters persuaded to return home? |
38469 | How were they received? |
38469 | How? |
38469 | I( can you pardon my presumption?) |
38469 | In 1767? |
38469 | In what capacity did Franklin remain in London after the conclusion of this business? |
38469 | In what situation did he find her? |
38469 | In what year was the academy founded? |
38469 | Of their church? |
38469 | Of their dormitories? |
38469 | Of what convention was Franklin the president in 1776? |
38469 | Of what disagreeable habits did it cure him? |
38469 | On what account? |
38469 | On what subject did he write a paper for the Junto? |
38469 | On what trade did his father finally determine? |
38469 | One of them called out to a plain, clean old man, with white locks,"Pray, father Abraham, what think ye of the times? |
38469 | The hasty gentleman, whose blood runs high, Who picks a quarrel if you step awry, Who ca n''t a jest, or hint, or look, endure: What''s he? |
38469 | To what did Franklin turn his attention on the declaration of peace? |
38469 | To what does Franklin ascribe his long continued health? |
38469 | To what embarrassment was Franklin now exposed? |
38469 | To what office was Franklin appointed in 1737? |
38469 | To what office was Franklin elected in 1736? |
38469 | To what office was Franklin now chosen, and why did he decline? |
38469 | To what office was he appointed? |
38469 | To what project did this give rise? |
38469 | To what pursuits did he now intend to devote himself? |
38469 | To what smaller matters of public interest did Franklin now attend? |
38469 | To what trade was Benjamin put, and when? |
38469 | To what very important subjects did Franklin now turn his attention? |
38469 | To whom did he apply for employment? |
38469 | To whom was he bound apprentice? |
38469 | Under what title were Franklin''s letters on the subject printed? |
38469 | Was it useful? |
38469 | Was the governor''s proclamation of any effect? |
38469 | Was the post- office, under Franklin, a source of revenue to the crown? |
38469 | What advantage resulted from this? |
38469 | What advantages did it afford him for pursuing his studies? |
38469 | What advice did Franklin give? |
38469 | What advice did Franklin receive at this time? |
38469 | What advice does he give on the manner of conversation? |
38469 | What alarm was excited in the province in 1762? |
38469 | What anecdote does Franklin relate of the collection? |
38469 | What anecdote is related of William Penn? |
38469 | What anecdote of a member of the club? |
38469 | What answer did he return? |
38469 | What appointment did he immediately receive? |
38469 | What appointment did he receive on his return? |
38469 | What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? |
38469 | What arrangement did he make with his brother on this account? |
38469 | What attention did Franklin receive from the governor of New York? |
38469 | What became of Keimer? |
38469 | What became of him? |
38469 | What became of the remaining Indians? |
38469 | What became of the wagons and artillery? |
38469 | What bill did Franklin carry through the house? |
38469 | What books did he first buy? |
38469 | What building was taken for the school house? |
38469 | What changes had taken place during his absence? |
38469 | What charge was now committed to Franklin? |
38469 | What charitable design did he form at this period? |
38469 | What committee was chosen to visit the camp at Cambridge? |
38469 | What communication did he make to the Royal Society? |
38469 | What compensation did they allow him? |
38469 | What compliment did he pay to Franklin? |
38469 | What countries did he visit in 1766? |
38469 | What course did Franklin determine to pursue? |
38469 | What course did Franklin pursue in respect to the petition? |
38469 | What course did Franklin pursue on the subject? |
38469 | What course did Franklin pursue? |
38469 | What course did his brother pursue on this occasion? |
38469 | What course did the assembly pursue? |
38469 | What course did they pursue the next day? |
38469 | What course did they pursue? |
38469 | What did Franklin consider the opinion of Quakers on the subject of defence? |
38469 | What did Franklin propose? |
38469 | What did Franklin suggest on this subject? |
38469 | What did Franklin tell him? |
38469 | What did Franklin write in his behalf? |
38469 | What did Franklin write on the subject? |
38469 | What did Meredith propose? |
38469 | What did Mr. Collinson send to Philadelphia? |
38469 | What did Mr. Gilbert Tennent request of Franklin? |
38469 | What did he propose for their defence? |
38469 | What did the public consider him? |
38469 | What did the rules of this club require? |
38469 | What did they claim? |
38469 | What difficulty arose at this time? |
38469 | What does Franklin say of Mr. Whitefield''s character? |
38469 | What does Franklin say of the change in the manners of the inhabitants? |
38469 | What does Franklin say of the fort? |
38469 | What does Franklin say of the practice of the Moravians? |
38469 | What does he say of his eloquence? |
38469 | What employment did he obtain? |
38469 | What first induced him to write for it? |
38469 | What gave the book the more general celebrity? |
38469 | What good purposes did it answer? |
38469 | What happened at this time to James Franklin? |
38469 | What happened in the evening? |
38469 | What happened to his friend Collins? |
38469 | What honor was immediately conferred on him? |
38469 | What honors did Franklin receive from the colleges? |
38469 | What honors did the society confer upon him? |
38469 | What honors were conferred upon him? |
38469 | What impeded the progress of the expedition? |
38469 | What induced Franklin to adopt a vegetable diet? |
38469 | What induced Franklin to return to Keimer, after the separation? |
38469 | What induced his father to bring up Benjamin as a printer? |
38469 | What induced his father to change his intention? |
38469 | What is a butterfly? |
38469 | What is amber? |
38469 | What is related of the Indians? |
38469 | What is said of their congregation? |
38469 | What is stated of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield? |
38469 | What is the anecdote of the Dutchman? |
38469 | What is the custom in binding out apprentices? |
38469 | What is the old maxim quoted by Franklin? |
38469 | What languages did he study? |
38469 | What law had been passed in Pennsylvania? |
38469 | What maxim did his father teach him in consequence of this adventure? |
38469 | What measures did they take? |
38469 | What measures had the inhabitants of Bethlehem taken for defence? |
38469 | What new clubs were formed? |
38469 | What new friend did Franklin make? |
38469 | What news was brought at this time? |
38469 | What now avails all my toil and labor, in amassing the honey dew on this leaf, which I can not live to enjoy? |
38469 | What obstacle was there to the passage of a militia law? |
38469 | What occurred to him afterwards? |
38469 | What offices did he receive at this time? |
38469 | What other moves can I make to support it, and to defend myself from his attacks?" |
38469 | What other traits were conspicuous? |
38469 | What place was selected for a fort? |
38469 | What plan did Franklin draw up? |
38469 | What plan did Franklin propose for the formation of a library? |
38469 | What plans had he at first proposed? |
38469 | What praise and advice did his father give him on this occasion? |
38469 | What project did Franklin communicate to George Webb? |
38469 | What proposal did he make to Franklin? |
38469 | What proposition did he make to Franklin? |
38469 | What reform did Franklin introduce, when he first turned his attention to public affairs? |
38469 | What remarks does Franklin make about keeping employed? |
38469 | What request did James make respecting his son? |
38469 | What started the scheme of a new sect? |
38469 | What step did Franklin take to procure the wagons? |
38469 | What tax was now laid by the assembly? |
38469 | What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy? |
38469 | What unfair advantage did he take of this discharge? |
38469 | What use can my adversary make of it to annoy me? |
38469 | What was Braddock''s reply? |
38469 | What was Colonel Dunbar''s conduct? |
38469 | What was Franklin''s favorite project at this time? |
38469 | What was Franklin''s opinion upon the subject? |
38469 | What was Sir William Keith''s conduct? |
38469 | What was done on arriving at Gnadenhutten? |
38469 | What was he very careful to avoid? |
38469 | What was his reception in England? |
38469 | What was his story? |
38469 | What was it called? |
38469 | What was it called? |
38469 | What was prefixed to the almanac for 1757? |
38469 | What was the Junto? |
38469 | What was the character of General Braddock? |
38469 | What was the conduct of his wife? |
38469 | What was the conduct of the Abbé Nollet? |
38469 | What was the conduct of the governor? |
38469 | What was the consequence of his success? |
38469 | What was the consequence of this communication? |
38469 | What was the conversation of Franklin with the bishop Spangenberg? |
38469 | What was the course of his friend Ralph? |
38469 | What was the evening custom at that time? |
38469 | What was the fate of Franklin''s first letter of introduction? |
38469 | What was the marked trait in Franklin''s character? |
38469 | What was the musical instrument which Franklin formed? |
38469 | What was the order of the council? |
38469 | What was the progress of the battle? |
38469 | What was the promise of Sir William Keith? |
38469 | What was the proposal of Meredith? |
38469 | What was the proposed visit to England? |
38469 | What was the proverb so often repeated by his father? |
38469 | What was the reply? |
38469 | What was the result of the election? |
38469 | What was the result of the establishment of Franklin''s doctrine? |
38469 | What was the result? |
38469 | What was the situation of the crew on the water? |
38469 | What was the subject of his discussion with his friend Collins? |
38469 | What was the task proposed among them? |
38469 | What was the trick played upon Osborne? |
38469 | What were Franklin''s efforts to bring about a reconciliation between Great Britain and the provinces? |
38469 | What were his advice and promise to Benjamin? |
38469 | What were his father''s fears in relation to his new occupation? |
38469 | What were his fears? |
38469 | What were the difficulties between the brothers? |
38469 | What were the general''s plans? |
38469 | What would you advise us to do?" |
38469 | What would you advise us to?" |
38469 | What? |
38469 | When did Dr. Franklin die? |
38469 | When did Franklin begin the study of foreign languages? |
38469 | When did Franklin first attend to electricity? |
38469 | When did Franklin first suggest that electricity and lightning were the same? |
38469 | When did Franklin return to Philadelphia? |
38469 | When did he arrive in London? |
38469 | When did he first publish his almanac? |
38469 | When did he prove it by actual experiment? |
38469 | When did he retire from public office? |
38469 | When did he return to America? |
38469 | When did they leave Keimer? |
38469 | When was the subject first examined by modern philosophers? |
38469 | When? |
38469 | When? |
38469 | Where did Franklin procure employment? |
38469 | Where did Franklin see him for the last time? |
38469 | Where did Mr. Whitefield go on leaving Philadelphia? |
38469 | Where did he determine to go? |
38469 | Where did he first lodge in Philadelphia? |
38469 | Where did he obtain employment? |
38469 | Where did the fugitives resort? |
38469 | Where is it found? |
38469 | Where was Franklin born? |
38469 | Where was the cause examined? |
38469 | Where were the British troops first attacked? |
38469 | Where were the forts built? |
38469 | Who succeeded him? |
38469 | Who were appointed to wait on him? |
38469 | Who were sent from Pennsylvania? |
38469 | Whom did Franklin marry? |
38469 | Why did Franklin go to Boston? |
38469 | Why did Franklin introduce himself to his mother as a stranger? |
38469 | Why did Franklin leave the fort? |
38469 | Why did he retire from the office of justice of the peace? |
38469 | Why did it fail? |
38469 | Why did the British government disapprove of the proposed union? |
38469 | Why should not this law of nations go on improving? |
38469 | Why was Franklin sent to England? |
38469 | Why was Franklin sent to Fredericktown? |
38469 | Why was not the plan carried into execution? |
38469 | Why were commissioners from the colonies ordered to assemble at Albany? |
38469 | Will any paper match him? |
38469 | With what book was Franklin at this time so much pleased? |
38469 | With what powers was Lord Howe invested? |
38469 | With what success? |
38469 | With what treatise was Franklin so much pleased? |
38469 | Wo n''t these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? |
38469 | Wo n''t these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? |
38469 | said she--"if you live in Philadelphia, perhaps you know our Ben?" |
38469 | the confidence and honor he received from his country? |
38469 | the ease of his circumstances? |
9607 | ''Why not?'' 9607 And I am to board with him, also, if I understand you, father?" |
9607 | And came all the way from Boston alone? |
9607 | And have poverty for our capital? |
9607 | And he owes you for board and lodgings? |
9607 | And how about money? 9607 And only seventeen years old now?" |
9607 | And spurious religion is all religion that he do not believe in, I suppose,suggested John,"come from above or below? |
9607 | And starve, too? |
9607 | And what are your prospects at Keimer''s? |
9607 | And what is that? 9607 And what was your father''s business, if I may be permitted to ask? |
9607 | And when will you return? |
9607 | Any whistles? |
9607 | Are all Americans like you? |
9607 | Are you acquainted with him? |
9607 | Are you bringing forth more poetry? |
9607 | Are you hungry? |
9607 | Are you the young man who has opened this printing house? |
9607 | Because Philadelphia is degenerating, and half the people are now bankrupt, or nearly so, and how can they support so many printers? |
9607 | Because you think it is wicked to kill harmless animals of any kind? |
9607 | Been to see the governor, hey? |
9607 | Benjamin,said Mr. Franklin, after a little,"where were you last evening?" |
9607 | Boston, hey? 9607 But I suppose you want to go to work at your old trade? |
9607 | But are there such men as these in thee, O New England? 9607 But can you tell me what selfish end he has in view, for Keimer would never come down like that unless he had an axe to grind?" |
9607 | But dost thou love life? 9607 But how am I going to get along without you, Ben? |
9607 | But how can I get aboard? 9607 But how do you propose to reach the public, and interest them in your plan?" |
9607 | But if we sinners do not object, why should you saints? 9607 But will you not allow some comfort to hard- working men?" |
9607 | But you did not work at the candle business long, if you became a printer at twelve? |
9607 | But, do you notice,added one of the club,"that no one but James Franklin is forbidden to publish the_ Courant_? |
9607 | Ca n''t you see it? |
9607 | Can I find employment in your printing office? |
9607 | Can I see him? |
9607 | Can I see him? |
9607 | Can any one particular form of government suit all mankind? 9607 Can it be you, my son? |
9607 | Can it be you? |
9607 | Can that be? |
9607 | Can you give me any idea of the time it will take, after you return, to get a printing house in running order? |
9607 | Can you take a friend of mine to New York? |
9607 | Can you take me in? 9607 Can you teach my two sons the art at once?" |
9607 | Come here dead broke? 9607 Come, Ben, let us row him; he do n''t know what he is about,"said one of the other boys;"what signifies it?" |
9607 | Did he say so? |
9607 | Did they belong to you? |
9607 | Did you ask the price of it? |
9607 | Do n''t that sound well, my boy? 9607 Do n''t they smell good?" |
9607 | Do n''t you ever drink it? |
9607 | Do n''t_ you_ eat fish? |
9607 | Do you find all the books you want to read? |
9607 | Do you know him? |
9607 | Do you know his name? |
9607 | Do you like it well enough to choose it, Benjamin? |
9607 | Do you propose to raise the money yourself? |
9607 | Do you think I pay more for your board than it is worth? |
9607 | Do you think I should be likely to find work at some other printing office in town? |
9607 | Do you think he means to make Philadelphia his home in the future? |
9607 | Do you understand a printing press well enough to repair it? |
9607 | Do you understand all parts of it so that you can go on with it? |
9607 | Do you understand that part of the business? |
9607 | Does Mr. Keimer suspect that any thing in particular is on the tapis? 9607 Does your father know about it?" |
9607 | Each man to arm himself at his own expense, I suppose? |
9607 | Employ you? |
9607 | Goin''to stop some time in Philadelphy? |
9607 | Going back? |
9607 | Going out for your employer? |
9607 | Going? |
9607 | Good pay? |
9607 | Got brothers and sisters? |
9607 | Got friends in Philadelphia? |
9607 | Had any ill- luck on your way? |
9607 | Has the governor of the Massachusetts Province sent for you? |
9607 | Have any trouble to accomplish it? 9607 Have you a subject to suggest?" |
9607 | Have you spoken with your father about it? |
9607 | He does; do you wish to see him? |
9607 | Here, Jake, where are you? |
9607 | How about articles for it? 9607 How can you expect to get all the business when there is another printer here, who has been established some time?" |
9607 | How did they feel about your going so far from home? |
9607 | How do you propose to get to New York? 9607 How does Philadelphia compare with Boston?" |
9607 | How does it happen, then, that some of their works are so popular? |
9607 | How expensive will such a measure be? 9607 How far is it to Philadelphia?" |
9607 | How in the world did he happen to come here with you? |
9607 | How is James? 9607 How is that, Ben? |
9607 | How is that? 9607 How is that? |
9607 | How is that? 9607 How is that?" |
9607 | How large is the place? |
9607 | How long have you worked at the business? |
9607 | How long shall I have to wait? |
9607 | How long will you be gone? |
9607 | How many copies shall you publish in the first issue? |
9607 | How many copies will you print? |
9607 | How many members should the organization embrace? |
9607 | How many subscribers have you? |
9607 | How may smoky chimneys be best cured? 9607 How may the phenomenon of vapors be explained? |
9607 | How may the possession of the lakes be improved to our advantage? 9607 How much did you give for the whistle?" |
9607 | How much further you going? |
9607 | How much money have you? |
9607 | How old are you? |
9607 | How old? |
9607 | How so? |
9607 | How so? |
9607 | How so? |
9607 | How so? |
9607 | How so? |
9607 | How soon will the sloop sail? |
9607 | How soon will you return? |
9607 | How soon will you want the inventory of articles? |
9607 | How will it do for me to return with you? |
9607 | How would this plan do? |
9607 | How would you like to learn the printer''s trade with your brother James? |
9607 | How would you like to return to Philadelphia? |
9607 | How, then, can you meet the difficulty? |
9607 | How? |
9607 | I am a stranger in this town; arrived here this morning; can you tell me where I can get a night''s lodging? |
9607 | I am booked for the mercantile business in Philadelphia"How is that? 9607 I shall like that,"answered Benjamin;"but why can I not attend school until I am old enough to help you?" |
9607 | I should like to know what? |
9607 | I want to see him; will you call him? |
9607 | I would like to know where you discover evidence of it? |
9607 | If you know, why have you not disclosed it before? |
9607 | Is he a young man of standing and good habits? |
9607 | Is it inconsistent with the principles of liberty in a free government, to punish a man as a libeller when he speaks the truth? |
9607 | Is self- interest the rudder that steers mankind, the universal monarch to whom all are tributaries? 9607 Is that so? |
9607 | Is that so? |
9607 | Is the emission of paper money safe? 9607 Is there a man at work in your printing house by the name of Franklin-- Benjamin Franklin?" |
9607 | May I have some? |
9607 | May not a military force carry the Stamp Act into execution? |
9607 | Mr. Franklin, what is the lowest price you will take for this book? |
9607 | No work in Boston, I s''pose, hey? 9607 No work in New York, hey? |
9607 | No; I have followed the land mostly; but there are hard storms on the land, are there not? |
9607 | Not just now,replied Benjamin;"but what chance is there for landing on such a rocky shore?" |
9607 | Of what use are Rhetoric and Logic? 9607 One dollar,"repeated the lounger;"ca n''t you take less than that?" |
9607 | Only ninety? |
9607 | Perhaps Boston is tired of him-- is that so? 9607 Pray, tell us how? |
9607 | Raising money for the same by subscription, do you mean? |
9607 | Second- hand, I conclude? |
9607 | Shall I do it immediately? |
9607 | Suppose a military force sent into America; they will find nobody in arms; what are they, then, to do? 9607 That is very kind on your part; but is it not true, that two printing houses are as many as this town can support well?" |
9607 | That is what I want,he said to the boy;"where did you get that?" |
9607 | That is, become a water- drinker, you mean, Ben? |
9607 | That is, you propose to board me for one shilling and sixpence a week? |
9607 | The printing business bring you that? |
9607 | Thee going to remain here some time? |
9607 | Then he could not take the concern into his own hands for you to run? |
9607 | Then he ran away from Boston? |
9607 | Then he was a minister, was he? |
9607 | Then you are a poet are you? |
9607 | Then you do n''t believe a man can do more work for drinking strong beer? |
9607 | Then you do n''t think I am good enough to go back with you? |
9607 | Then you do n''t want I should go with you? |
9607 | Then you do not consider it a complete success? |
9607 | Then you do not now believe all that you have been taught about religion, if I understand you? |
9607 | Then you had to resort to falsehood to carry your point, did you? 9607 Then you have followed the sea, have you?" |
9607 | Then you stole them, did you? |
9607 | Then you think more of the style than you do of the matter? |
9607 | Then you will sell out your interest to me, if I understand you? |
9607 | Then, we are to understand that his name is Benjamin? |
9607 | Then, why is not the whole subject fairly before us? |
9607 | There is another printer here, is there not? |
9607 | There, are you all right now? |
9607 | Think you can do better in trading than printing? |
9607 | Want more gingerbread? |
9607 | Well, Philadelphy is a great place for work; what sort of work do you want? |
9607 | Well, what do you think of the plan? |
9607 | What are the body of the people in the Colonies? |
9607 | What are you going to buy, Ben? |
9607 | What book have you there, Ben? |
9607 | What can the governor want of that boy? |
9607 | What could possibly be your object in doing so? |
9607 | What did you build it with? |
9607 | What did you come here for? |
9607 | What do you propose to do if you leave your brother? |
9607 | What do you say to taking that, Ralph? |
9607 | What do you say, Ralph? |
9607 | What do you suppose that fellow has done? 9607 What do you think of my going to Philadelphia with you?" |
9607 | What do you think of my prospects here, sir? |
9607 | What do you think of the idea of taking this baby into the house of God to- day, and consecrating him to the Lord? |
9607 | What do you want of such a book as that? |
9607 | What does he do that is so bad? |
9607 | What else would you like to do? |
9607 | What experience have you had? |
9607 | What has happened now, Ben? |
9607 | What have you there, Ben? |
9607 | What have you there, Ben? |
9607 | What have you to propose? 9607 What in the world could suggest such a_ nom de plume_ to a writer?" |
9607 | What is cruel? |
9607 | What is it? |
9607 | What is it? |
9607 | What is that? |
9607 | What is that? |
9607 | What is the conveyance there? |
9607 | What is the reason that men of the greatest knowledge are not the most happy? 9607 What is the reason that the tides rise higher in the Bay of Fundy than the Bay of Delaware? |
9607 | What is there about it that interests you so much? |
9607 | What is your opinion of my article? |
9607 | What kind of a place is it? |
9607 | What kind of money do you have there? |
9607 | What makes you think he has gambled? |
9607 | What makes you think so? |
9607 | What now? |
9607 | What of that? |
9607 | What put such a queer notion as that into your head? |
9607 | What sort of an invention? 9607 What was your business?" |
9607 | What were you doing there? |
9607 | What would you have if you could get it; roast chicken and plum pudding? |
9607 | What ye goin''to Philadelphy for? |
9607 | What you got there? |
9607 | When shall I begin? |
9607 | When will you go? |
9607 | When will you let us see it on trial? |
9607 | Where are you from, young man? |
9607 | Where are you from? |
9607 | Where are you from? |
9607 | Where did you come from? |
9607 | Where did you get your stones? |
9607 | Where have you been, Ben? |
9607 | Where have you been? |
9607 | Where will you get your lumber? |
9607 | Where? |
9607 | Wherein is my reasoning illogical or incorrect? |
9607 | Whether it ought to be the aim of philosophy to eradicate the passions? 9607 Which is the best form of government, and what was that form which first prevailed among mankind? |
9607 | Which is the least criminal, a_ bad_ action joined with a_ good_ intention, or a_ good_ action with a_ bad_ intention? 9607 Who is Governor Burnet, that he should want to see me?" |
9607 | Who is your friend? 9607 Who is''Silence Dogood''?" |
9607 | Why are tumultuous, uneasy sensations united with our desires? 9607 Why did you think so?" |
9607 | Why do n''t you learn? 9607 Why does n''t he find work in Boston? |
9607 | Why does the flame of a candle tend upwards in a spire? 9607 Why not get into one of the other printing offices in town? |
9607 | Why not? 9607 Why so, father? |
9607 | Why, then, did you take them in the evening, after the workmen had gone home? 9607 Why?" |
9607 | Will the Americans consent to pay the stamp duty if it is lessened? |
9607 | Will you employ me as journeyman printer? |
9607 | Will you row now? |
9607 | Will you row, John? |
9607 | Will you tell who the author is now? |
9607 | Would n''t it be a joke on those fellows if they should find their pile of stones missing in the morning? |
9607 | Would n''t you like to go, Ben? |
9607 | Would the people of Boston discontinue their trade? |
9607 | Would they suffer the produce of their lands to rot? |
9607 | Would you be willing that I should exchange Bunyan''s works for them? |
9607 | Writing a sermon or your will? 9607 Yes, there''s three- penny worth; that is what you said, was it not?" |
9607 | You are the author of a pamphlet called,and he gave the title,"are you?" |
9607 | You did not know that man, did you? |
9607 | You have a purse, I understand, made of the_ asbestos_, which purifies by fire? |
9607 | You have no idea who wrote it, then? |
9607 | You have? 9607 You think that Sir William Keith is reliable, do you?" |
9607 | You will give him an education, I suppose? |
9607 | You will not take him out of school until John leaves, will you? |
9607 | Your father and mother living? |
9607 | Your work is increasing, I suppose? |
9607 | ''_ Sells_ hats?'' |
9607 | A member raised the question,"Can another printing house prosper in town?" |
9607 | All that?" |
9607 | And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? |
9607 | And he is settled now in Philadelphia?" |
9607 | And in what fair, likely way may we endeavor it? |
9607 | And why, Benjamin, do you deem an engagement necessary in the circumstances?" |
9607 | And, if a sparrow can not fall to the ground without his notice, is it probably that an empire can rise without his aid? |
9607 | Are you a printer?" |
9607 | Are you acquainted here?" |
9607 | Benjamin? |
9607 | But I shall want to hear from you, Ben,--can''t you write?" |
9607 | But I wanted to ask you about your Boston experience in a printing office; what office was you in?" |
9607 | But are you not a little odd in discarding what nearly every one uses?" |
9607 | But does it work easy?" |
9607 | But he inquired:"How about the price to be paid for the passage?" |
9607 | But how about Shaftesbury? |
9607 | But how could he prove it? |
9607 | But how should he disclose? |
9607 | But how will you dispose of it?" |
9607 | But how will you get along with your indenture if you leave him?" |
9607 | But just what will you do at your public meeting?" |
9607 | But must I discard it because some men use it to their injury?" |
9607 | But suppose the captain is very inquisitive about me, how will you get along with the case? |
9607 | But the senior broke the silence by saying:"You write for the press? |
9607 | But what sort of a swimming apparatus have you in mind?" |
9607 | But why do you seek work in this country?" |
9607 | By changing the name of the paper?" |
9607 | Ca n''t you make it go?" |
9607 | Can I look them over for my letters?" |
9607 | Can we not arrange to go into business together?" |
9607 | Could n''t you turn your hand to something else?" |
9607 | Could she believe her eyes? |
9607 | Could we get work at our business?" |
9607 | Could we, who were lookers on, think it real? |
9607 | Denham?" |
9607 | Did I not prophesy that he would make his mark in manhood?" |
9607 | Did I not say that Benjamin would not always make candles? |
9607 | Do n''t he think they are worthy of print?" |
9607 | Do we know of any person languishing under sore and sad affliction; and is there any thing we can do for the succor of such an afflicted neighbor? |
9607 | Do you love truth for truth''s sake; and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others? |
9607 | Do you mean to say that you wrote those articles?" |
9607 | Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? |
9607 | Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name, or goods, for mere speculative opinion, or his external way of worship? |
9607 | Does James know how you feel about it?" |
9607 | Does there appear any instance of oppression or fraudulence in the dealings of any sort of people that may call for our essays to get it rectified? |
9607 | Entering the bake- shop, he inquired:"Have you biscuit?" |
9607 | Expect that your brother will lay violent hands upon you to prevent?" |
9607 | Finally, however, James''curiosity grew to such proportions that he inquired one day,--"Ben, how much do you make by boarding yourself?" |
9607 | Got any plans ahead?" |
9607 | Had they not bound themselves by solemn covenant to aid the devil in destroying human souls and afflicting the elect? |
9607 | Has not Captain Homes told you where I was?" |
9607 | Have you any other pieces?" |
9607 | Have you any particular disrespect to any present member? |
9607 | He ventured to inquire:"What can you tell me about Mrs. Read and her daughter?" |
9607 | How about your books-- can you sell them?" |
9607 | How can I make the best on''t?" |
9607 | How can you tell whether they are mentally inferior or not, until they are permitted to enjoy equal advantages?" |
9607 | How can you want to leave your good home, and all your friends, to live in a ship, exposed to storms and death all the time?" |
9607 | How did Captain Homes discover his place of residence? |
9607 | How is that?" |
9607 | How long have you been on the way?" |
9607 | How long since you left?" |
9607 | How long will it take to learn the trade?" |
9607 | How much will he pay for his passage?" |
9607 | How was that, John?" |
9607 | How would that do?" |
9607 | How would you like to number Sir Isaac Newton among your friends?" |
9607 | How would you like your Cousin Samuel''s business?" |
9607 | I can tell better when have looked in upon other trades When shall we go?" |
9607 | I suppose he is at the printing office? |
9607 | I would like to educate you for the ministry if I could; how would you like that?" |
9607 | If beer imparts the strength you imagine, any one of you ought to do more work and lift more than I can; is n''t that so?" |
9607 | In his walk he came around to the river, and, as he approached it, he discovered a boat with several people in it, and he hailed them:"Whither bound?" |
9607 | Is it not enough that we have lost one son in that way? |
9607 | Is there any matter to be humbly moved unto the Legislative Power, to be enacted into a Law for the public benefit? |
9607 | Is there any other conveyance to Philadelphia?" |
9607 | Is there any remarkable disorder in the place that requires our endeavor for the suppression of it? |
9607 | Is there any sort of officers among us to such a degree unmindful of their duty that we may do well to mind them of it? |
9607 | Is there any special service to the interest of Religion which we may conveniently desire our ministers to take notice of? |
9607 | Is there any thing more I can do for you?" |
9607 | Is there any thing we may do well to mention unto the justices for the further promoting good order? |
9607 | It requires activity of thought-- but without that what is any reading but mere passive amusement? |
9607 | May I have some, pa?" |
9607 | Now, honestly, is not this much better for me, or for yourself, than the same amount of filthy beer?" |
9607 | On returning, one of the gentlemen said:"Franklin, why can you not give us an exhibition of your antics in the water?" |
9607 | One day a lounger stepped into his shop, and, after looking over the articles, asked:"What is the price of that book?" |
9607 | One of the first questions that Benjamin asked was:"How did you learn that I was living in Philadelphia?" |
9607 | Or, are there any contending persons whom we should admonish to quench their contentions? |
9607 | People on every hand inquired,"Who is_ Busy Body_?" |
9607 | The editor had some trouble with the Government, did he not?" |
9607 | The following are some of the questions discussed by members of the Junto:"Is sound an entity or body? |
9607 | The governor of New York sent for me-- Governor Burnet-- what do you think of that?" |
9607 | Then Benjamin would cry out:"Will you row now, John?" |
9607 | They are for my good; and, besides, what are the pains of a moment in comparison with the pleasures of eternity?" |
9607 | This forward spring foretells a plenteous crop; For, if the bud bear grain, what will the top? |
9607 | Waiting a few moments, and still looking over the book, he said, at length:"Is Mr. Franklin at home?" |
9607 | Was it any wonder? |
9607 | Watts?" |
9607 | Were they not in league with Satan, the arch- enemy of God and man? |
9607 | Were you not a printer in London?" |
9607 | What does paving cost a square yard?" |
9607 | What has he written?" |
9607 | What is the matter with it?" |
9607 | What is your name?" |
9607 | What kin ye du?" |
9607 | What should he do? |
9607 | What sort of a boy must he be? |
9607 | What sort of work do you do, that you find it so scarce?" |
9607 | What will you have done?" |
9607 | What would you advise me to do?" |
9607 | What, then, is the use of that word?'' |
9607 | When will you begin to keep your boarder?" |
9607 | Where is your home?" |
9607 | Whether it was so or not, his father replied:"I should like to read it; what is it about?" |
9607 | Who can be so thoughtless?" |
9607 | Who can it be?" |
9607 | Why did you not go after them when the workmen were all there? |
9607 | Will you have any trouble about getting articles?" |
9607 | Will you learn a lesson from this, and never do the like again?" |
9607 | With an effort to conceal his surprise and interest, he asked:"For whom does he work?" |
9607 | You ask what I mean? |
9607 | You can teach two as well as one, ca n''t you?" |
9607 | You did not awaken his suspicion, did you?" |
9607 | Your parents living?" |
9607 | all you have?" |
9607 | back again?" |
9607 | can it be you?" |
9607 | continued his mother;"Something to make us crazy?" |
9607 | exclaimed John with surprise,"did you give all your money for that little concern?" |
9607 | exclaimed his father,"can that be you?" |
9607 | exclaimed the captain;"how you goin''to eat''em before you catch''em?" |
9607 | or do we imagine we no longer need his assistance? |
9607 | poetry is it?" |
9607 | responded Potts, who had listened to Franklin''s plan;"is that all it will cost?" |
48138 | What,say they,"shall we lay out our money to protect the trade of Quakers? |
48138 | Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden''s fortune? 48138 Your reasons for that opinion?" |
48138 | Your reasons for that opinion? |
48138 | ''Methinks I hear some of you say,"must a man afford himself no leisure?" |
48138 | ''So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? |
48138 | Admit it to be true, though perhaps the amazing increase of English consumption might stop most of it here,--to whose profit is this to redound? |
48138 | Among these witty gentlemen let us take a view of Ridentius: what a contemptible figure does he make with his train of paltry admirers? |
48138 | An odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set: what think you of the odd half of a pair of scissars? |
48138 | And are not the public the only judges what share of reputation they think proper to allow any man? |
48138 | And are not the_ royal_ governments around us exempt from_ these_ misfortunes? |
48138 | And are ye still? |
48138 | And can you really, gentlemen, find matter of triumph in this_ rejection_ as you call it? |
48138 | And do they know that, by that statute, money is not to be raised on the subject but by consent of parliament? |
48138 | And do those of you, gentlemen, reproach me with this, who, among near four thousand voters, had scarcely a score more than I had? |
48138 | And if I draw ill ones, can they fit any but those that deserve them? |
48138 | And is our_ country_, any more than our city, altogether free from danger? |
48138 | And others who live in the country, when they are told of the danger the city is in from attempts by sea, may say,"What is that to us? |
48138 | And ought any but such to be concerned that they have their deserts? |
48138 | And possess it they did, even without a standing army:( what can be a stronger proof of the security of their possession?) |
48138 | And what are the advantages they may reasonably expect? |
48138 | And what hast thou here?_[ Would to God no such priests were to be found among us]. |
48138 | And why do you think I have a fixed enmity to the proprietaries? |
48138 | And why may not a man use the boldness and freedom of telling his friends, that their long visits sometimes incommode him? |
48138 | And why"except the Indian ravages,"is a_ little intermission_ to be denominated"the most perfect tranquillity?" |
48138 | And would it not seem less right, if the charge and labour of gaining the additional territory to Britain had been borne by the settlers themselves? |
48138 | And would they not then object to such a duty? |
48138 | And yet is there not too much of it? |
48138 | And yet_ here_ was no proprietary clamour about bribery,& c. And why so? |
48138 | And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? |
48138 | Are not the people of city and country connected as relations, both by blood and marriage, and in friendships equally dear? |
48138 | Are there not pamphlets continually written, and daily sold in our streets, to justify and encourage it? |
48138 | Are these agents or commissaries to try causes where life is concerned? |
48138 | Are they not likewise united in interest, and mutually useful and necessary to each other? |
48138 | Are you then your own master? |
48138 | As how? |
48138 | But are these the sentiments of true Pensylvanians, of fellow- countrymen, or even of men, that have common sense or goodness? |
48138 | But if I go into a white man''s house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, Where is your money? |
48138 | But is it not a fact known to you all, that the assembly_ did_ endeavour to strengthen the hands of the government? |
48138 | But is this right reasoning? |
48138 | But what does that avail to you, who are in the proprietary interest? |
48138 | But what is the testimony of the assembly; who in his opinion are equally rash, ignorant, and inconsiderate with the petitioners? |
48138 | But what will fame be to an ephemera, who no longer exists? |
48138 | By the colony assemblies, or by parliament? |
48138 | By whom are they to be repealed? |
48138 | By whom were they quieted? |
48138 | Called in again._]_ Q._ Is the American stamp act an equal tax on the country? |
48138 | Can no one bear it for me? |
48138 | Can this be from proprietary partizans? |
48138 | Can you really, gentlemen, by no means conceive, that proprietary government disagreements are incident to the nature of proprietary governments? |
48138 | Could he do this in Ireland? |
48138 | Could_ you_, much respected[ Mr. Norris], go but a little farther, and disapprove the application itself? |
48138 | Did you embrace it, and how often? |
48138 | Do_ you_ intend to give them up, when at the next election_ you_ are made assemblymen? |
48138 | For he govern''d his passions,& c. What signifies our wishing? |
48138 | For what have I done, that they should think unfavourably of me? |
48138 | From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? |
48138 | Has the government sufficient strength, even with all its supports, to venture on the apprehending and punishment of those notorious offenders? |
48138 | Have we then any thing that we can call our own? |
48138 | Have you ever seen the barometer so low as of late? |
48138 | His circumstances are such, as only put him above necessity, without affording him many superfluities: yet who is greater than Cato? |
48138 | How different from this character is that of the good- natured, gay Eugenius? |
48138 | How many impertinencies do we daily suffer with great uneasiness, because we have not courage enough to discover our dislike? |
48138 | How shall we ever be able to pay them? |
48138 | How then can my going to England prevent this accommodation? |
48138 | How very few of us continue so long? |
48138 | I suppose it can not exceed 40,000_l.__ Q._ How then do you pay the balance? |
48138 | If I know a man to be a designing knave, must I ask his consent, to bid my friends beware of him? |
48138 | If any thing is meant by asking, why any man''s picture should be published which he never sat for? |
48138 | If it has not, why are you angry at those who would strengthen its hands by a more immediate royal authority? |
48138 | If it has, why is not the thing done? |
48138 | If it is asked,_ What_ can such farmers raise, wherewith to pay for the manufactures they may want from us? |
48138 | If so, tell it us honestly beforehand, that we may know what we are to expect when we are about to choose you? |
48138 | If such should be the case, which God forbid, how soon may the mischief spread to our frontier countries? |
48138 | If then we consider and compare Britain and America, in these several particulars, upon the question,"To which is it safest to lend money?" |
48138 | If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? |
48138 | In fine, why should the countenance of a state be_ partially_ afforded to its people, unless it be most in favour of those who have most merit? |
48138 | In the mean time, why do you"believe it will preclude all_ accommodation_ with them on just and reasonable terms?" |
48138 | Is it as unpopular as it was at first? |
48138 | Is it not I, who, in the character of your physician, have saved you from the palsy, dropsy, and apoplexy? |
48138 | Is it right to encourage this monstrous deficiency of natural affection? |
48138 | Is not the parliament? |
48138 | Is not the whole province one body, united by living under the same laws, and enjoying the same privileges? |
48138 | Is our tranquillity more perfect now, than it was between the first riot and the second, or between the second and the third? |
48138 | Is there then the least hope remaining, that from that quarter any thing should arise for our security? |
48138 | It is true, that in some of the states there are parties and discords; but let us look back, and ask if we were ever without them? |
48138 | Must not the regret of our parents be excessive, at having placed so great a difference between sisters, who are so perfectly equal? |
48138 | Of what kinds of people are the members; landholders or traders? |
48138 | On whom may we fix our eyes with the least expectation, that they will do any thing for our security? |
48138 | Or can they be_ deprived_ of their charter rights without their consent?" |
48138 | Or, since they_ were not_ left there, why was the American dispute begun? |
48138 | Probably; but is there any case in any government where it is not possible to_ endeavour_ such a discovery? |
48138 | Shall we fight to defend Quakers? |
48138 | She may doubtless destroy them all; but if she wishes to recover our commerce, are these the probable means? |
48138 | Suppose either Indian or trader is dissatisfied with the tariff, and refuses barter on those terms, are the refusers to be compelled? |
48138 | That, at his honour''s instance, they prepared and passed in a few hours a bill for extending hither the act of parliament for dispersing rioters? |
48138 | The hasty gentleman, whose blood runs high, Who picks a quarrel, if you step awry, Who ca n''t a jest, or hint, or look endure: What''s he? |
48138 | The power of_ appointing public officers_ by the representatives of the people, which he so much extols, where is it now? |
48138 | Vos cunctamini etiam nunc,& dubitatis quid faciatis? |
48138 | Was it not worthy of his care, that the world should say he was an honest and a good man? |
48138 | Was it with an intent to reproach me thus publicly for accepting it? |
48138 | We all know how they were supported; but have they been_ fully_ supported? |
48138 | We can not all fly with our families; and if we could, how shall we subsist? |
48138 | We could not all conveniently start together: and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him? |
48138 | Wedderburn._ The address mentions certain papers: I could wish to be informed what are those papers? |
48138 | Well, Hans, says I, I hope you have agreed to give more than four shillings a pound? |
48138 | What are our poets, take them as they fall, Good, bad, rich, poor, much read, not read at all? |
48138 | What could they desire more? |
48138 | What do they do there?" |
48138 | What do they spend it in when they are here, but the produce and manufactures of this country;--and would they not do the same if they were at home? |
48138 | What have I done to merit these cruel sufferings? |
48138 | What is your opinion they would do? |
48138 | What makest thou in this place? |
48138 | What other moves can I make to support it, and to defend myself from his attacks?" |
48138 | What then could their lordships mean by the proposed amendment? |
48138 | What use can my adversary make of it to annoy me? |
48138 | What would you advise us to?'' |
48138 | What? |
48138 | When wilt thou be esteemed, regarded, and beloved like Cato? |
48138 | When wilt thou, among thy creatures, meet with that unfeigned respect and warm good- will that all men have for him? |
48138 | Where then shall we seek for succour and protection? |
48138 | Wherewith, they say, shall we show our loyalty to our gracious king, if our money is to be given by others, without asking our consent? |
48138 | While the mornings are long, and you have leisure to go abroad, what do you do? |
48138 | Who shall pay that expence? |
48138 | Why should it? |
48138 | Why then should we grieve, that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society? |
48138 | Why then were the French_ not left_ in Canada, at the peace of 1763? |
48138 | Why was it so long delayed? |
48138 | Why was the bringing and the delivery of such orders so long_ denied_? |
48138 | Why was this man received with such concurring respect from every person in the room, even from those, who had never known him or seen him before? |
48138 | Why were those healing instructions so long withheld and concealed from the people? |
48138 | Will any paper match him? |
48138 | Will not the colonies view it in this light? |
48138 | Will not the first effect of this be, an enhancing of the price of all foreign goods to the tradesman and farmer, who use or consume them? |
48138 | Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? |
48138 | Will the people that have begun to manufacture decline it? |
48138 | Will the wolves then protect the sheep, if they can but persuade them to give up their dogs? |
48138 | Would it not be better, to send the criminals into some civil well settled government or colony for trial, where good juries can be had? |
48138 | Would not the profits of the merchant and mariner be rather greater, and some addition made to our navigation, ships and seamen? |
48138 | Would this be right, even if the land were gained at the expence of the state? |
48138 | Would you have had your representatives give up those points? |
48138 | Would you know, how they forward the circulation of your fluids, in the very action of transporting you from place to place? |
48138 | Would you wish to see your great and amiable prince act a part that could not become a dey of Algiers? |
48138 | You ask, what I mean? |
48138 | You saw that we, who understand and practice those rules, believed all your stories, why do you refuse to believe ours?" |
48138 | Your reasons for that opinion? |
48138 | Your reasons for that opinion? |
48138 | [ 84]_ Q._ Do n''t you know that the money arising from the stamps was all to be laid out in America? |
48138 | [ 91]_ Q._ How much is the poll- tax in your province laid on unmarried men? |
48138 | [ 95]_ Q._ Would they do this for a British concern, as suppose a war in some part of Europe, that did not affect them? |
48138 | _ A._ Suppose a military force sent into America, they will find nobody in arms; what are they then to do? |
48138 | _ But what is the prudent policy, inculcated by the remarker to obtain this end, security of dominion over our colonies? |
48138 | _ Court._ Do you mean to found a charge upon them? |
48138 | _ Court._ Have you brought them? |
48138 | _ Court._ What time do you want? |
48138 | _ Franklin._--But do you charge among my crimes, that I return in a carriage from Mr. B----''s? |
48138 | _ Franklin._--How can you so cruelly sport with my torments? |
48138 | _ Franklin._--Is it possible? |
48138 | _ Franklin._--Not once? |
48138 | _ Franklin._--What then would you have me do with my carriage? |
48138 | _ Franklin._--Who is it that accuses me? |
48138 | _ Gout._--Sport? |
48138 | _ Q._ And have they not still the same respect for parliament? |
48138 | _ Q._ And is there not a tax laid there on their sugars exported? |
48138 | _ Q._ And what is their temper now? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are all parts of the colonies equally able to pay taxes? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not all the people very able to pay those taxes? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not ferrymen in America obliged, by act of parliament, to carry over the posts without pay? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not the colonies, from their circumstances, very able to pay the stamp duty? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not the lower rank of people more at their ease in America than in England? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not the majority landholders? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not the people in the more northern colonies obliged to fodder their sheep all the winter? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not the taxes in Pensylvania laid on unequally, in order to burthen the English trade; particularly the tax on professions and business? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are not you concerned in the management of the_ post- office_ in America? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are there any words in the charter that justify that construction? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are there any_ fulling- mills_ there? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are there any_ slitting- mills_ in America? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are there no means of obliging them to erase those resolutions? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are they acquainted with the declaration of rights? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are they as much dissatisfied with the stamp duty as the English? |
48138 | _ Q._ Are you acquainted with Newfoundland? |
48138 | _ Q._ Before there was any thought of the stamp act, did they wish for a representation in parliament? |
48138 | _ Q._ But can you name any act of assembly, or public act of any of your governments, that made such distinction? |
48138 | _ Q._ But do they not consider the regulations of the post- office, by the act of last year, as a tax? |
48138 | _ Q._ But is not the post- office, which they have long received, a tax as well as a regulation? |
48138 | _ Q._ But must not he pay an additional postage for the distance to such inland town? |
48138 | _ Q._ But suppose Great Britain should be engaged in a_ war in Europe_, would North America contribute to the support of it? |
48138 | _ Q._ But what do you imagine they will think were the motives of repealing the act? |
48138 | _ Q._ But who are to be the judges of that extraordinary occasion? |
48138 | _ Q._ But who is to judge of that, Britain or the colony? |
48138 | _ Q._ But will not this increase of expence be a means of lessening the number of law- suits? |
48138 | _ Q._ Can any private person take up those letters and carry them as directed? |
48138 | _ Q._ Can any thing less than a military force carry the stamp act into execution? |
48138 | _ Q._ Can the post- master answer delivering the letter, without being paid such additional postage? |
48138 | _ Q._ Can there be wool and manufacture enough in one or two years? |
48138 | _ Q._ Can they possibly find wool enough in North America? |
48138 | _ Q._ Can we, at this distance, be competent judges of what favours are necessary? |
48138 | _ Q._ Can you disperse the stamps by post in Canada? |
48138 | _ Q._ Did the Americans ever dispute the controling power of parliament to regulate the commerce? |
48138 | _ Q._ Did the secretary of state ever write for_ money_ for the crown? |
48138 | _ Q._ Did you ever hear the authority of parliament to make laws for America questioned till lately? |
48138 | _ Q._ Did you never hear that Maryland, during the last war, had refused to furnish a quota towards the common defence? |
48138 | _ Q._ Did you never hear, that a great quantity of stockings were contracted for, for the army, during the war, and manufactured in Philadelphia? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do n''t you know that there is, in the Pensylvanian charter, an express reservation of the right of parliament to lay taxes there? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do n''t you think cloth from England absolutely necessary to them? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do n''t you think the distribution of stamps_ by post_ to all the inhabitants very practicable, if there was no opposition? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do not letters often come into the post- offices in America directed to some inland town where no post goes? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do not the resolutions of the Pensylvania assembly say-- all taxes? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do not they, as much as possible, shift the tax off from the land, to ease that, and lay the burthen heavier on trade? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do not you think the people of America would submit to pay the stamp duty, if it was moderated? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do the Americans pay any considerable taxes among themselves? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do they consider the post- office as a tax, or as a regulation? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do they not say, that neither external nor internal taxes can be laid on them by parliament? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do you know any thing of the_ rate of exchange in_ Pensylvania, and whether it has fallen lately? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do you know whether there are any post- roads on that island? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do you remember the abolishing of the paper- currency in New England, by act of assembly? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do you say there were no more than three hundred regular troops employed in the late Indian war? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do you think it right that America should be protected by this country, and pay no part of the expence? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do you think the assemblies have a right to levy money on the subject there, to grant_ to the crown_? |
48138 | _ Q._ Do you think then that the taking possession of the king''s territorial rights, and_ strengthening the frontiers_, is not an American interest? |
48138 | _ Q._ Does not the severity of the winter, in the northern colonies, occasion the wool to be of bad quality? |
48138 | _ Q._ Does the distinction between internal and external taxes exist in the words of the charter? |
48138 | _ Q._ Does this reasoning hold in the case of a duty laid on the produce of their lands_ exported_? |
48138 | _ Q._ For what purposes are those taxes laid? |
48138 | _ Q._ From the thinness of the back settlements, would not the stamp act be extremely inconvenient to the inhabitants, if executed? |
48138 | _ Q._ Have any number of the Germans seen service, as soldiers, in Europe? |
48138 | _ Q._ Have not instructions from hence been sometimes sent over to governors, highly oppressive and unpolitical? |
48138 | _ Q._ Have not some governors dispensed with them for that reason? |
48138 | _ Q._ Have not the assemblies in the West Indies the same natural rights with those in North America? |
48138 | _ Q._ Have you heard of any difficulties lately laid on the Spanish trade? |
48138 | _ Q._ Have you not seen the resolutions of the Massachusett''s Bay assembly? |
48138 | _ Q._ How can the commerce be affected? |
48138 | _ Q._ How is the assembly composed? |
48138 | _ Q._ How long are those taxes to continue? |
48138 | _ Q._ How many ships are there laden annually in North America with_ flax- seed_ for Ireland? |
48138 | _ Q._ How many white men do you suppose there are in North America? |
48138 | _ Q._ How then can they think they have a right to levy money for the crown, or for any other than local purposes? |
48138 | _ Q._ How then could the assembly of Pensylvania assert, that laying a tax on them by the stamp act was an infringement of their rights? |
48138 | _ Q._ If it should not, ought not the right to be in Great Britain of applying a remedy? |
48138 | _ Q._ If the act is not repealed, what do you think will be the consequences? |
48138 | _ Q._ If the parliament should repeal the stamp act, will the assembly of Pensylvania rescind their resolutions? |
48138 | _ Q._ If the same colony should say, neither tax nor imposition could be laid, does not that province hold the power of parliament can lay neither? |
48138 | _ Q._ If the stamp- act should be repealed, and the crown should make a requisition to the colonies for a sum of money, would they grant it? |
48138 | _ Q._ In the more southern colonies, as in Virginia, do n''t you know, that the wool is coarse, and only a kind of hair? |
48138 | _ Q._ In what light did the people of America use to consider the parliament of Great Britain? |
48138 | _ Q._ In what proportion hath population increased in America? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is it in their power to do without them? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is it not necessary to send troops to America, to defend the Americans against the Indians? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is it their interest not to take them? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is it their interest to make cloth at home? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is not the duty paid on the tobacco exported, a duty of that kind? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is not the post- office rate an internal tax laid by act of parliament? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is not this a tax on the ferrymen? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is there a power on earth that can force them to erase them? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is there not a balance of trade due from the colonies where the troops are posted, that will bring back the money to the old colonies? |
48138 | _ Q._ Is this all you mean; a letter from the secretary of state? |
48138 | _ Q._ On what do you found your opinion, that the people in America made any such distinction? |
48138 | _ Q._ Suppose an act of internal regulations connected with a tax, how would they receive it? |
48138 | _ Q._ Then may they not, by the same interpretation, object to the parliament''s right of external taxation? |
48138 | _ Q._ Then no regulation with a tax would be submitted to? |
48138 | _ Q._ To what causes is that owing? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was it an opinion in America before 1763, that the parliament had no right to lay taxes and duties there? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was it not at that time a very unpopular law? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was it not expected that the debt would have been sooner discharged? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was it not proposed at a public meeting? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was it not talked of in the other provinces as a proper measure, to apply to parliament to compel them? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was not lieutenant- governor Hutchinson principally concerned in that transaction? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was not the_ late war with the_ Indians,_ since the peace with France_, a war for America only? |
48138 | _ Q._ Was not the_ scarcity of gold and silver_ an argument used against abolishing the paper? |
48138 | _ Q._ Were you not reimbursed by parliament? |
48138 | _ Q._ What are the body of the people in the colonies? |
48138 | _ Q._ What are the present taxes in Pensylvania, laid by the laws of the colony? |
48138 | _ Q._ What becomes of the flax that grows with that flax- seed? |
48138 | _ Q._ What can the colonies mean then by imposition as distinct from taxes? |
48138 | _ Q._ What do you mean by its inexpediency? |
48138 | _ Q._ What do you think a sufficient military force to protect the distribution of the stamps in every part of America? |
48138 | _ Q._ What do you think is the reason that the people in America increase faster than in England? |
48138 | _ Q._ What is now their pride? |
48138 | _ Q._ What is the annual amount of_ all_ the taxes in Pensylvania? |
48138 | _ Q._ What is the number of men in America able to bear arms, or of disciplined militia? |
48138 | _ Q._ What is the present opinion there of that law? |
48138 | _ Q._ What is the usual constitutional manner of calling on the colonies for aids? |
48138 | _ Q._ What is your opinion of a future tax, imposed on the same principle with that of the stamp act? |
48138 | _ Q._ What may be the amount of one year''s imports into Pensylvania from Britain? |
48138 | _ Q._ What number of Germans? |
48138 | _ Q._ What number of them are Quakers? |
48138 | _ Q._ What number of white inhabitants do you think there are in Pensylvania? |
48138 | _ Q._ What then could occasion conversations on that subject before that time? |
48138 | _ Q._ What used to be the pride of the Americans? |
48138 | _ Q._ What was the temper of America towards Great Britain_ before the year_ 1763[87]? |
48138 | _ Q._ What will be the opinion of the Americans on those resolutions? |
48138 | _ Q._ When did you communicate that instruction to the minister? |
48138 | _ Q._ When did you receive the instructions you mentioned? |
48138 | _ Q._ When money has been raised in the colonies, upon requisitions, has it not been granted to the king? |
48138 | _ Q._ Why do you think so? |
48138 | _ Q._ Why do you think so? |
48138 | _ Q._ Why may it not? |
48138 | _ Q._ Why so? |
48138 | _ Q._ Why so? |
48138 | _ Q._ Will it not take a long time to establish that manufacture among them; and must they not in the mean while suffer greatly? |
48138 | _ Q._ Would it be most for the interest of Great Britain, to employ the hands of Virginia in tobacco, or in manufactures? |
48138 | _ Q._ Would it not have the effect of excessive usury? |
48138 | _ Q._ Would the people at Boston discontinue their trade? |
48138 | _ Q._ Would the repeal of the stamp act be any discouragement of your manufactures? |
48138 | _ Q._ Would they grant money alone, if called on? |
48138 | _ Q._ Would they suffer the produce of their lands to rot? |
48138 | by a majority of those that were to be commanded nominating three for each office to the governor, of which three he might take the one he liked best? |
48138 | can this, gentlemen, be matter of triumph? |
48138 | for in politics( what can laws do without morals?) |
48138 | how will you steer your brittle bark between these rocks? |
48138 | how would the Americans receive it? |
48138 | my enemy in person? |
48138 | since you all mean the same thing? |
48138 | such"total disregard"of their humble applications to the throne? |
48138 | whether he eats his English cheese and butter, or drinks his English ale, at London or in Barbadoes? |
26442 | ''What can I do for you?'' 26442 ''Why did you not come to me before?''" |
26442 | ''_ None but the Three in One forever more._''"N."And to whom are all these things written? |
26442 | A boat sailing in the air? |
26442 | A burden? 26442 Abiah, what now shall the boy''s name be?" |
26442 | An''do you think that he will be able to do it? |
26442 | An''wot you been doin''now? |
26442 | And so you have begun life as a printer? |
26442 | And why should n''t there be? 26442 And you prophesied good things to him when he was a boy?" |
26442 | Are you going to swim back to London? |
26442 | Ay, ay, do n''t they? 26442 Before God, you do not tell me, sir, that they are going to take down the king''s arms from the State House?" |
26442 | Ben,he called after him,"may I go too?" |
26442 | Brother John from Rhode Island? 26442 But how do you know, sir?" |
26442 | But is n''t there something good in it? |
26442 | But is not this the right place? |
26442 | But what brings you here at this time? 26442 But what made them think him a wizard?" |
26442 | But what were they made for? 26442 But why, my boy, if you are so able and so much needed does not Governor Keith lend you the money himself?" |
26442 | But would not that thwart the providence of God? |
26442 | But, Jamie, I think that I am the first boy that ever sailed on the water without a boat-- now do n''t you? |
26442 | But, brother, what are those words written under it? |
26442 | But, uncle,said he,"what should be my purpose in life?" |
26442 | Can you repeat what Uncle Benjamin said to us here, two years ago? |
26442 | Could the lightning be controlled? |
26442 | Could the power of the thunderbolt be disarmed? |
26442 | Could you write a fable on any of the events of the present time? |
26442 | Did he succeed in life? |
26442 | Did you put those stones into the water? |
26442 | Did you say Axel, Father Humphrey? |
26442 | Did you sell them for me, uncle? |
26442 | Did you tell him that your father was an honest, hard- working soap boiler and candle maker? |
26442 | Do n''t you see it is armed with guns? |
26442 | Do other folks think as you do? |
26442 | Do you hesitate to honor the name of Queen Charlotte? |
26442 | Do you see anything peculiar about it? |
26442 | Do you think that his thoughts turn home, mother? |
26442 | Do you think that the Governor did right, Brother Ben? |
26442 | Do you think that you could learn to play the spinet, Jenny? |
26442 | Esther and Martha from school at Nantucket? |
26442 | Father Humphrey, what do you want for the whole library of the pamphlets? |
26442 | Father Humphrey, what was your wife''s father''s name? |
26442 | Father, you have heard that I have become a poet? |
26442 | For Franklin? 26442 For what?" |
26442 | Good-- wasn''t it? |
26442 | HAVE I A CHANCE? |
26442 | Have I a chance? |
26442 | Have I a chance? |
26442 | Have you ever read any of Poor Richard''s maxims? |
26442 | Have you read it? |
26442 | Have you read it? |
26442 | He did, hey? 26442 He did, hey? |
26442 | Hoi, what now? |
26442 | How do you know that they are not? |
26442 | How long are_ they_ going to stay, uncle? |
26442 | How would Benjamin do? |
26442 | How, mother? |
26442 | I see, I see, my good friend, you seem to have confidence in Poor Richard? |
26442 | In God''s name, for what? 26442 Is it almost nine?" |
26442 | Is it possible? 26442 Is lightning electricity? |
26442 | Is that the secret that you wanted to tell me, uncle? |
26442 | It did, hey? 26442 It was the first time that you ever heard of me, was n''t it, uncle?" |
26442 | Jenny, can you repeat what Uncle Ben said under the tree on the showery day when the birds sang, nearly seventy years ago? |
26442 | Jenny, do you remember the old writing- school master, George Brownell? 26442 Josiah Franklin, where is that boy of yours?" |
26442 | Know? 26442 Like Uncle Ben''s?" |
26442 | Like what, my friend? |
26442 | Like''The noblest question in the world is what good may I do in it?'' 26442 May I go with you, Jane? |
26442 | Mercy-- daughter-- and what was that? |
26442 | Mercy-- daughter-- what are they carrying away? |
26442 | Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? 26442 Mother, do n''t you know me?" |
26442 | My own brother!--do I indeed see you alive? 26442 Nor Shakespeare?" |
26442 | Now what does that signify? 26442 Now, girls, which of you would like to try an experiment?" |
26442 | Philosophizing? |
26442 | Risk-- risk? 26442 Sir, is Philadelphia taken?" |
26442 | Sir,he said to a local officer,"is there to be a banquet here?" |
26442 | Sir? |
26442 | So you eat fish,said Franklin, addressing the prize;"then why may I not eat_ you_?" |
26442 | So, what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? 26442 That''s right, my man.--Now, Jenny, what did I say?" |
26442 | The Governor looked upon the heart, did n''t he? 26442 The principal question in life is, What good can I do in the world?" |
26442 | Then why, my son, should not a governor of a rich province himself provide you with means to become a printer for the advancement of the province? |
26442 | They do to sail away with, but where will one land if he has not got the steering gear? 26442 True, true, my boy; and what of that?" |
26442 | Uncle Ben, do you not think that it is the hardest thing in life for one to be told that he can not do what he most wants to do? |
26442 | Uncle Ben,she asked,"was Uncle Tom ever laughed at?" |
26442 | Uncle,said Jenny,"why do you always have something solemn to say? |
26442 | Was Solomon a poet? 26442 Was his father''s advice sound, after all?" |
26442 | Well, little Ben, what have you to say? |
26442 | Well, what do you infer from that? |
26442 | Well, what is to hinder you, Ben? 26442 What Jane-- who?" |
26442 | What am I to do? 26442 What am I to do? |
26442 | What are you reading to- night, my good friend? |
26442 | What are_ you_ shouting for? |
26442 | What did I tell you before Ben came in? |
26442 | What did I tell you? |
26442 | What did I tell you? |
26442 | What did he say his name was? |
26442 | What did he say? |
26442 | What did you do that for? |
26442 | What do you expect to do with it, father? |
26442 | What do you mean by_ automatic_, uncle? |
26442 | What do you mean, Ben? |
26442 | What do you think, Abiah? |
26442 | What for? |
26442 | What has he been doing now? |
26442 | What have you been doing, Ben? |
26442 | What if you should receive a spark from the cloud, father? |
26442 | What is coming? |
26442 | What is it for? |
26442 | What is it that you see in him that is different from other boys? |
26442 | What is it? 26442 What is that, sir?" |
26442 | What is that? |
26442 | What is the banquet to be for? |
26442 | What is this I hear? 26442 What is your opinion, doctor?" |
26442 | What makes people who come to the shop laugh at Ben? 26442 What was it, Abiah?" |
26442 | What was that, Jane? |
26442 | What was the man''s name that bought them, uncle? |
26442 | What was the name of that man to whom I sold the pamphlets? |
26442 | What were your pamphlets, uncle? 26442 What were your pamphlets?" |
26442 | What will that man Franklin do next? |
26442 | What will we do without a king? |
26442 | What, Philadelphia? |
26442 | What, father? |
26442 | What, sir, is it about Earls-- Barton, and Mears-- Ashby? |
26442 | What, sir? |
26442 | What-- what is that? |
26442 | What-- what is this I hear? |
26442 | What? |
26442 | What? |
26442 | Where do you keep him? |
26442 | Where from? |
26442 | Where''s Ben to- night? |
26442 | Where''s that boy o''yourn? |
26442 | Where''s your guinea pig, my boy? |
26442 | Where, uncle? |
26442 | Which boy? |
26442 | Who is there? |
26442 | Who told you, mother? |
26442 | Who was Uncle Tom? |
26442 | Who was it, sir? |
26442 | Who, brother? |
26442 | Who, uncle? |
26442 | Whose name you bear? 26442 Why are you sorry, sir?" |
26442 | Why can not I do as other boys? |
26442 | Why do you call him a guinea pig, uncle? |
26442 | Why do you cry, papa? |
26442 | Why do you think so much of the lost pamphlets, uncle? |
26442 | Why should these inhabitants of the sea be deprived of their lives and opportunities of enjoyment? 26442 Why, boys, are you watching the old gentleman?" |
26442 | Why, father? |
26442 | Why? |
26442 | Will what? |
26442 | Wo n''t that be a good one? 26442 Would he have me, father? |
26442 | Would n''t a spinet be rather out of place in a candle shop? |
26442 | Would n''t it be saving of time to say grace now over the whole barrel of provisions, and then you could omit it at meals? |
26442 | Would you like to know who wrote it, Jenny? |
26442 | You did, hey? 26442 You do? |
26442 | You sold them, uncle? |
26442 | You think that the book is interesting? |
26442 | You will keep the secret, Jenny? |
26442 | You, Ben? 26442 Your heart beats itself, does it not? |
26442 | ''_ Sells_ hats?'' |
26442 | A clerk in the Pennsylvania Assembly came up to him and asked:"Do you know what has been done? |
26442 | Admit a man to the royal presence in his own head alone? |
26442 | And if we need an agent abroad, why should we send a printer and a lightning- rod man? |
26442 | And why? |
26442 | And you are going to print the paper money for the province, are you? |
26442 | And you will never forget me, will you, Ben?" |
26442 | And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? |
26442 | Are the Proverbs poetry?" |
26442 | Are you ready? |
26442 | Are you, then, your own master? |
26442 | Ben is n''t solemn, is he?" |
26442 | Ben, wot will ever become of you, I wonder?" |
26442 | Brother Benjamin, how did you get the money to cross the ocean?" |
26442 | Business, I tell you, is going to die here, and who would want to read what a stripling like you would write outside of business? |
26442 | But I sold them, for what were they if I could have the chance to live another life in little Ben?" |
26442 | But did n''t I tell you he was an honest man? |
26442 | But dost thou love life? |
26442 | But how about Titian Leeds, who was to die after the astrological prediction? |
26442 | But how are mistakes to be avoided in life? |
26442 | But how came Franklin, the agent of the colonies in London, to be called before the Privy Council and to be charged with dishonor? |
26442 | But how did young Lafayette meet his duties in the dark days of America-- he whose motto was"Auvergne without a stain?" |
26442 | But how was he to succeed, after thus following his own personal feeling in matters like these? |
26442 | But if ever you should go to London, go to all the old bookstores, and what name will you look for?" |
26442 | But what is the other picture under the cover?" |
26442 | But what proof do you bring of your good fortune, my son?" |
26442 | But why did boys have this peculiar fever in Boston and other New England towns at this time? |
26442 | But why did you take the name of_ Silence Dogood_?" |
26442 | Ca n''t you see what is coming?" |
26442 | Could he turn his own dreams into gold, or into that which is better than gold? |
26442 | Could it be possible that this woman, who was received at the Province House, had lost her moral and physical control? |
26442 | Did any one ever tell you that the people used to think him to be a wizard?" |
26442 | Did he come from the King of France? |
26442 | Did he ever see Governor Keith again? |
26442 | Did he intend to deceive? |
26442 | Did little Ben''s trumpet and gun indicate that he would become a statesman whose cause would employ armies? |
26442 | Did n''t you have the sense to know that those stones were building stones and belonged to the workmen?" |
26442 | Did you find the volume interesting?" |
26442 | Do n''t laugh at your old uncle; you can do it, little Ben-- can''t he Jenny?" |
26442 | Do n''t the king know how to govern his colonies? |
26442 | Do you hear it-- that awful, awful word_ bankruptcy_? |
26442 | Do you know what the king may yet be compelled to do? |
26442 | Do you know?" |
26442 | Do you remember Uncle Ben?" |
26442 | Do you remember Uncle Ben?" |
26442 | Do you remember it, Jane? |
26442 | Do you suppose the dead know? |
26442 | Do you think that they could be recovered after so many years?" |
26442 | Do you think, Ben, that you will ever make the river run uphill? |
26442 | Does electricity fill all space?" |
26442 | Does he not know this rivalry and hear the plaudits that surround the name of Saratoga? |
26442 | Esther and Martha from school? |
26442 | Eureka!_""Wot did he do that for?" |
26442 | FACING PAGE Little Ben''s adventure as a poet_ Frontispiece_ Uncle Benjamin''s secret 52"Are you going to swim back to London?" |
26442 | Father Humphrey, what do you think of such things?" |
26442 | Father Humphrey, who do you suppose made those notes? |
26442 | Franklin read,"_ Eripuit coelo fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis._""Brother, what does that mean?" |
26442 | Had he a chance? |
26442 | Have n''t you any eyes?" |
26442 | Have you any fuel?'' |
26442 | Have you not heard?" |
26442 | Have you one entitled Human Freedom''? |
26442 | Have you thought of that?" |
26442 | He attended the conventicles, sir, and became a Brownite, sir, and----"Was the American gentleman going daft again? |
26442 | He had tried to profit by the old man''s lesson in answer to his own question,"Have I a chance?" |
26442 | He heard about the"morning stars singing together,"the"sweet influences of Pleiades,"and the question,"Canst thou bind the sea?" |
26442 | He is one of the human family, like all the rest of us.--Are you going to the lecture? |
26442 | He is the boy to do it, and I am the sister to help him to do it-- ain''t I, Uncle Benjamin?" |
26442 | He lifted his eyes and looked into the teacher''s face, and said:"Why do you reprove me? |
26442 | He looked up to his Uncle Ben with an earnest face, and said:"I would like to help folks, too; why can I not, if Uncle Tom did?" |
26442 | He might like to send me a harp, but what is a spinet but a harp in a box?" |
26442 | He saw that his new way of life led to somewhere-- where? |
26442 | He was soon in bed, the question,"Have I a chance?" |
26442 | His constant question was, What have I the chance or the opportunity to do? |
26442 | His inquiry was, What can the kite be made to teach that is useful? |
26442 | Homer was no printer, was he?" |
26442 | Horace, a little, blear- eyed, contemptible fellow, yet who so sententious and wise? |
26442 | How could he get over his principles and share the meal with the sailors? |
26442 | How could he increase electrical force? |
26442 | How did that come about?" |
26442 | How did there come into existence the"magical bottle"known as the Leyden jar? |
26442 | How did they come to you?" |
26442 | How did you get up the resolution to cross the sea in your old age?" |
26442 | How was the king affected? |
26442 | How would Folger do-- Folger Franklin? |
26442 | I do pity him, do n''t you? |
26442 | I like to see him go-- don''t you?" |
26442 | I wonder if anybody will ever find her?'' |
26442 | I wonder who wrote it? |
26442 | If electricity could be secured, accumulated, and discharged, what might not follow as the results of further experiments? |
26442 | If not, what would the_ next_ almanac say of him? |
26442 | If the king thinks it is advisable to tax the colonies for their own support, why should not his ministers be instructed to do so? |
26442 | If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle? |
26442 | Into what companies will he hereafter go with an unembarrassed face, or the honest intrepidity of virtue? |
26442 | Is a royal messenger coming?" |
26442 | Is he a genius or a fool? |
26442 | Is his mother at work now that she is nearly blind? |
26442 | Is not that right, brother?" |
26442 | It cut the little shaver to the quick, did n''t it? |
26442 | It is not the answer to the question, What are you worth? |
26442 | It may be that I will be blessed in my children-- who knows? |
26442 | Jenny, what did father say when he read the piece by Silence Dogood in the Courant?" |
26442 | Josiah?" |
26442 | Let us give you some of them:"Who has deceived thee so oft as thyself?" |
26442 | Maybe it will be some day, who knows? |
26442 | Might not some very old person know the place where the ship was wrecked? |
26442 | None of the great men of old were printers, were they? |
26442 | Now what did I say, Ben?" |
26442 | O Ben, Ben, did you not think that I had more sense than that?" |
26442 | One of Josiah Franklin''s favorite texts of Scripture was,"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? |
26442 | Others were contributing to his brother James''s paper, why should not he? |
26442 | Peter Folger began to ask himself the question,"If the fair maid would marry me, could I not purchase her freedom?" |
26442 | Poor Uncle Benjamin had sold his books for money, but was his life a failure, or was he never living more nobly than now? |
26442 | Reader, would you like to see how a copy of it looked? |
26442 | She may have seen that he was just from the boat, and a traveler, but when did ever a traveler look so entirely out of his senses as this one did? |
26442 | Should he go? |
26442 | Should he not print the lively article, and make for himself better fare on the morrow? |
26442 | Should he publish an article whose influence would be harmful to the public for the sake of money and notoriety? |
26442 | Should he send it by the cartman to the house? |
26442 | Sir, do you know that box was given to the Proprietor by Queen Charlotte herself?" |
26442 | Solomon never printed anything, did he?" |
26442 | Suddenly he looked up, and we fancy him to have said:"Uncle Benjamin, have_ I_ a chance?" |
26442 | Suddenly he said:"Brother, you remember Uncle Tom?" |
26442 | Tell who?" |
26442 | The boy asked,"Have I a chance? |
26442 | The man is reading-- what? |
26442 | The noblest question in the world is, What good may I do in it? |
26442 | The province is about to issue paper money? |
26442 | Then why did you wait to have the workmen go away before you put them into the water?" |
26442 | To what use might the new power which might be stored and imprisoned be put? |
26442 | WHAT kind of a man was Governor Sir William Keith? |
26442 | Was Uncle Benjamin right, or Jamie the Scotchman? |
26442 | Was he going mad? |
26442 | Was it electricity? |
26442 | Was it over these placid waters that the storm had made wreckage many years ago? |
26442 | Was it raining gold? |
26442 | Was it the wind? |
26442 | Was little Jenny''s heart comforted in after years in finding Ben, who was so good to her now,_ commended_? |
26442 | Were their lives and property at the command of a despotism, without any source of appeal to justice? |
26442 | Were they to submit to be governed by the will of a foreign power without any voice in the measures of the government imposed upon them? |
26442 | What can I do that will benefit others? |
26442 | What can it be made to_ do_? |
26442 | What did Franklin need of a wig? |
26442 | What did I tell you long ago? |
26442 | What did he find? |
26442 | What did his appearance in this strange garment mean? |
26442 | What did it mean? |
26442 | What did you think of it?" |
26442 | What do the colonies want of an agent in London? |
26442 | What do you say, Abiah Folger?" |
26442 | What do you suppose gave his hand such power in these affairs of the nation?" |
26442 | What do you think about it, Jamie?" |
26442 | What good can it accomplish? |
26442 | What had happened? |
26442 | What had he done? |
26442 | What has Silence Dogood done in his eighty years now ending in calm, in dreams and silence? |
26442 | What have you been doing now?" |
26442 | What hope is there for such a man as you?" |
26442 | What is a wizard?" |
26442 | What is it about the World''s End?" |
26442 | What is it, father?" |
26442 | What is my head for?" |
26442 | What is the matter there?" |
26442 | What is there prophetic of a great life in this homely narrative? |
26442 | What made you think of that, I would like to know? |
26442 | What makes ye, when I treat ye so?" |
26442 | What may it not some day reveal in regard to a spiritual body or the human soul? |
26442 | What means the feast? |
26442 | What new animals or birds had taken possession of Franklin''s fancy? |
26442 | What next? |
26442 | What next?" |
26442 | What pen name did Ben Franklin sign to this interesting article? |
26442 | What puckers my face up--_so_?" |
26442 | What say you, friends all? |
26442 | What secrets of Nature might the magical bottle reveal? |
26442 | What shall his name be?" |
26442 | What was electricity? |
26442 | What was he to do? |
26442 | What was he to do? |
26442 | What was magnetism? |
26442 | What was that? |
26442 | What was the man''s name?" |
26442 | What was the story of Sir William Phipps, that so haunted the minds of Boston boys and caused their pulses to beat and the sea fever to rise? |
26442 | What would he do next, this calm, grand old man, who was going out of his senses in this unfortunate place? |
26442 | What would the present be? |
26442 | What would your aunts Hannah and Patience Folger, the schoolmarms, say if they were to find your room a sty for a guinea pig?" |
26442 | What''s yourn?" |
26442 | What, then, is the use of that word?'' |
26442 | When shall we meet again? |
26442 | Whence came he, and what had he to offer? |
26442 | Where am I to go? |
26442 | Where are my ten children now, except one? |
26442 | Where are they now?" |
26442 | Where are you going, Jane?" |
26442 | Where did he live?" |
26442 | Where did you find these books?" |
26442 | Where did you find those pamphlets? |
26442 | Where had he been hiding? |
26442 | Where is the little covey now?" |
26442 | Where was Jamie the Scotchman during this convincing episode? |
26442 | Where were the Jerseys? |
26442 | Who do you think is going to read them? |
26442 | Who do you think wrote it?" |
26442 | Who has done this?'' |
26442 | Who is he? |
26442 | Who knows?" |
26442 | Who knows?" |
26442 | Who should appear? |
26442 | Who was Poor Richard, whose influence came to lead the thought of the time? |
26442 | Who was that hurrying up from the broad path of the Common toward the Hancock mansion? |
26442 | Who was this mysterious stranger? |
26442 | Why did you ask me that?" |
26442 | Why do I call your attention to these struggles in this place in association of an incident of a failure in life that was ridiculed? |
26442 | Why had he come here? |
26442 | Why was he so? |
26442 | Why? |
26442 | Will he, O shade of the old schoolmaster of Boston town? |
26442 | Wot did he exclaim?" |
26442 | Would Franklin wear a wig on that great occasion? |
26442 | Would any one then have dreamed that he would one day become the governor of the province? |
26442 | Would five pounds be too much for the thirty volumes?" |
26442 | Would he die? |
26442 | Would he sign that treaty some day and again honor the old Boston schoolmaster? |
26442 | Would it not be better for all to look that way? |
26442 | Would that day ever come? |
26442 | Would this follow? |
26442 | You did not come wholly to see me? |
26442 | You do pity me, do n''t you? |
26442 | You do pity me, do n''t you? |
26442 | You do pity me, do n''t you?" |
26442 | You do? |
26442 | You saw the boys going to the Latin School this morning?" |
26442 | You will never forget those pamphlets, will you, Ben?" |
26442 | You will never forget what I told you-- will you?" |
26442 | You''ll take me in-- but how about father? |
26442 | Your poetry has not helped you in life, has it, Benjamin?" |
26442 | Zachary from Annapolis?" |
26442 | but What is your influence? |
26442 | cried Jamie,"an''what is the news?" |
26442 | have I a chance?" |
26442 | or What is your popularity? |
26442 | said the philosopher to the young visitors,"what do you think of a young man whose touch is fire? |
26442 | what is that, Ben?" |
26442 | what next? |