The Universal Anthology
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ISBN13: 9780217762984
Paperback|9780217762984
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: a tenth part of the wisdom was my own which he ascribed to me, but rather the gleanings that I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it; and, though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine. I am, as ever, thine to serve thee, Richard Saunders. July 7, 1757. THE WHISTLE. By FRANKLIN. A letter to Madam Brillon, a French friend.] I Received my dear friend's two letters, one for Wednesday, one for Saturday. This is again Wednesday. I do not deserve one for to-day, because I have not answered the former. But, indolent as I am, and averse to writing, the fear of having no more of your pleasing epistles if I do not contribute to the correspondence, obliges me to take up my pen; and as Mr. B. has kindly sent me word that he sets out to-morrow to see you, instead of spending this Wednesday evening, as I have done its namesakes, in your delightful company, I sit down to spend it in thinking of you, in writing to you, and in thinking over and over again your letters. I am charmed with your description of Paradise, and with your plan of living there; and I approve much of your conclusion, that in the mean time we should draw all the good we can from this world. In my opinion, we might all draw more good from it than we do, and suffer less evils, if we would take care not to give too much for whistles. For to me it seems that most of the unhappy people we meet with are become so by neglect of that caution. You ask what I mean ? You love stories, and will excuse my telling one of myself. When I was a child of seven years old, my friends on a holiday filled my pocket...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217762984 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217762980 |
| Weight | 1.09 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.75 In |
| List Price | $23.74 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 336 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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