Western Miscellany, Volume 1Benjamin Franklin Ells |
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... length , he ran upon the bank quite a distance above , and plung- ing in , directed his course across the river . Now he succeeded . As he swam across , the current carried him down , and by the time he had reached the middle of the ...
... length , he ran upon the bank quite a distance above , and plung- ing in , directed his course across the river . Now he succeeded . As he swam across , the current carried him down , and by the time he had reached the middle of the ...
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... length of time , without disorder and without weariness . Each ventricle will at least contain one ounce of blood . The heart contracts four thousand times in one hour ; from which it follows , that there passes through the heart every ...
... length of time , without disorder and without weariness . Each ventricle will at least contain one ounce of blood . The heart contracts four thousand times in one hour ; from which it follows , that there passes through the heart every ...
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... length crowned their activity . By the skill of one of their agents poison was mingled with his food one day , many years after the elopement from the convent , and the man whom we have seen as an orphan , a friar , a slave , an artist ...
... length crowned their activity . By the skill of one of their agents poison was mingled with his food one day , many years after the elopement from the convent , and the man whom we have seen as an orphan , a friar , a slave , an artist ...
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... length . " Take hold of the piece , " said Mr. Ben- net , " and pull against me ; and we shall soon make it come up to the yard . " But Mr. Bennet knew not with whom he had to deal . Adam dropped the linen , and stood and looked at his ...
... length . " Take hold of the piece , " said Mr. Ben- net , " and pull against me ; and we shall soon make it come up to the yard . " But Mr. Bennet knew not with whom he had to deal . Adam dropped the linen , and stood and looked at his ...
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... length by some great convuls on . It is in height two hundred and thir- teen feet , about fifty feet in breadth at the bottom , and at the superior part about ninety feet . The passage over it is about sixty feet in width , and the ...
... length by some great convuls on . It is in height two hundred and thir- teen feet , about fifty feet in breadth at the bottom , and at the superior part about ninety feet . The passage over it is about sixty feet in width , and the ...
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Page 96 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 94 - We are offered by the terms of this sale six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt. You give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor: you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink...
Page 93 - What maintains one vice would bring up two children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter: but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a little makes a mickle; and farther, Beware of little expenses; A small leak will sink a great ship; and again, Who dainties love shall beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Page 91 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business : let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 94 - When you have got your bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of payment; but creditors, Poor Richard tells us, have better memories than debtors; and in another place says, creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. The day comes round before you are aware, and the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it; or if you bear your debt in mind, the term which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. Time will seem to have added...
Page 94 - Experience keeps a dear school ; but fools will learn in no other...
Page 79 - But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 203 - And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.