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" ... our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing universal death and destruction. I have lived seven of those hours, — a great age, being no... "
The Day - Page 331
1832
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Century Readings in the English Essay

Louis Wann - 1926 - 560 pages
...my dear friend, that destruction. I have lived seven of those when we lately spent that happy day in hours, a great age, being no less than four hundred and twenty minutes of time. How to the utmost of my weak power, to be the very few of us continue so long! I have only motives that...
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The Great Fables

Manuel Komroff - 1928 - 506 pages
...earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...us continue so long! I have seen generations born, flourish, and expire. My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth,...
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Mon Cher Papa: Franklin and the Ladies of Paris

Claude-Anne Lopez - 1990 - 436 pages
...End of our Earth, it must then finish its Course, be extinguish' d in the Waters . . . and leave the World in Cold and Darkness, necessarily producing...universal Death and Destruction. I have lived seven of these Hours, a great Age, being no less than 420 minutes of Time. How very few of us continue So long...
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Essays of Benjamin Franklin: Moral, Social and Scientific

Benjamin Franklin, University Press of the Pacific - 2001 - 190 pages
...earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...us continue so long! I have seen generations born, flourish, and expire. My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth,...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Walter Isaacson - 2005 - 576 pages
...earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...seven of those hours; a great age, being no less than 420 minutes of time. How very few of us continue so long! I have seen generations born, flourish, and...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Including Poor Richard's Almanac ...

Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 pages
...earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...us continue so long! I have seen generations born, flourish, and expire. My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth,...
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The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 pages
...earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguish'd in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...seven of those hours; a great age, being no less than 420 minutes of time. How very few of us continue so long! I have seen generations born, flourish, and...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1757, Volume 1; Volumes 1706-1757

Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 513 pages
...earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguish'd in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...seven of those hours; a great age, being no less than 420 minutes of time. How very few of us continue so long! I have seen generations born, flourish, and...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, and Other Papers

Benjamin Franklin - 189? - 332 pages
...earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...us continue so long ! I have seen generations born, flourish, and expire. My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth,...
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Choice Specimens of American Literature, & Literary Reader: Being Selections ...

Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1875 - 542 pages
...earth, it must then v finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing...us continue so long ! I have seen generations born, flourish, and expire. . . . And I must soon follow them ; for, by the course of nature, though still...
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