2261Poor Richard Improved, 1751 (Franklin Papers)
And let your very Pleasures have their Use.
2262Plain Truth, 17 November 1747 (Franklin Papers)
...of them, or to have Leisure for any future Pleasures; I beseech you by the immortal Gods...
2263To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 11 June 1766 (Franklin Papers)
...to have Room to avoid, as it can be no Pleasure to you: I thank God, my Son is almost...
2264William Smith: An Answer to Mr. Franklin’s Remarks, [7 December 1764] (Franklin Papers)
pleasure.” Again, though it be expressly subversive of the...
2265Opinions and Conjectures, [29 July 1750] (Franklin Papers)
...breaks, are Matters of Speculation. ’Tis a Pleasure indeed to know them, but we can...
2266A Defense of Mr. Hemphill’s Observations, [30 October 1735] (Franklin Papers)
...wou’d have thrown up the ungrateful Office with Pleasure, and scorn’d to open his Mouth, or...
2267Marginalia in [Josiah Tucker], A Letter from a Merchant, [1770?] (Franklin Papers)
“Your Letters gave me formerly no small Pleasure, because they seem to have proceeded from a good...
2268Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, 29 September 1755 (Franklin Papers)
...him. At your Request he will with Pleasure discharge the Servants that may have inlisted...
2269Poor Richard Improved, 1749 (Franklin Papers)
...in Arabia. Fine musick in China gives no pleasure to the nicest ear in Pennsilvania. Nor...
2270Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate Animal Magnetism: Résumé with Extracts, [11 August 1784] (Franklin Papers)
...long been rumors about the sensual pleasures offered by magnetic therapy; see for instance...