 Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself,...  The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography - 第 89 頁Benjamin Franklin 著 - 1818完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | 1822 - 336 頁
...mental, even to our avarice or ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than...precepts, were : — 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat not to dullness: drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. — Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself:... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 頁
...all grades to imitate or excel each other in the display of external appearances, — COMP. a flew names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen...desirable ; and annexed to each a short precept, which explained the extent I gave to its meaning. 6 These names of virtues, with their precepts, were: I.... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 頁
...members of all grades to imitate or excel each other in the display of external appearances. — COMP, a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names of virtues, all that at that ti?ne occurred to me as necessary or desirable ; and annexed to each a short precept, which explained... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 頁
...mental, even to our avarice and ambition. 1 proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than...expressed the extent I gave to its meaning. These names of virtue!, with their precepts, were, 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat not to dulness: drink not to elevation.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 頁
...mental, even to our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names * This paper is dated Nov. 20th, 1728; and bears the marks of juvenility in the style. In it Franklin... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 頁
...mental, even to our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than...their precepts, were : 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. — Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1856 - 670 頁
...mental, even to our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than...necessary or desirable; and annexed to each a short pre cept, which fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning. These names of virtues, with their... | |
 | 1858 - 348 頁
...method : " I included," he says, " under thirteen names of virtues, all that at that time seemed to me necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short...expressed the extent I gave to its meaning. These were : 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat not to dullness ; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. — Speak not but... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 頁
...our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more rtames, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names...fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning. and &• • names of virtues, with their precepts, 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat drink not to elevation.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 頁
...mental, even to our avarice and ambition. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names * This paper is dated Nov. 20th, 1728 ; and bears the marks of juvenility in the style. In it Franklin... | |
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