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" ... he intended to say, or has any thing to add, he may rise again, and deliver it. To interrupt another, even in common conversation, is reckoned highly indecent. "
Biography and History of the Indians of North America: Comprising a General ... - Page 28
by Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 541 pages
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Recovering Benjamin Franklin: An Exploration of a Life of Science and Service

James Campbell - Printers - 1999 - 322 pages
...rises. The rest observe a profound Silence. When he has finish'd and sits down, they leave him 5 or 6 Minutes to recollect, that, if he has omitted any...any thing to add, he may rise again and deliver it ... How different this is from the conduct of a polite British House of Commons, where scarce a day...
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Racism: A Global Reader

Kevin Reilly, Stephen Kaufman, Angela Bodino - History - 2003 - 438 pages
...him 5 or 6 minutes to recollect, that, if he has omitted anything he intended to say, or has anything to add, he may rise again and deliver it. To interrupt...conversation, is reckoned highly indecent. How different this from the conduct of a polite British House of Commons, where scarce a day passes without some confusion,...
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Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and ...

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 446 pages
...sits down; they leave him 3 or 6 Minutes to recollect, that if he has omitted any thing he iutended to say, or has any thing to add, he may rise again and deliver it. To iuterrupt another, even in common Conversation, is reckon'd higbly indecem. How differem this is, from...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Including Poor Richard's Almanac ...

Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 320 pages
...writings, we always find exact. He that would speak rises. The rest observe a profound silence. When he has finished and sits down, they leave him five or six minutes to recollect that if he has omitted anything he intended to say or has anything to add he may rise again and deliver it. To interrupt another,...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, and Other Papers

Benjamin Franklin - 189? - 332 pages
...writings, we always find exact. He that would speak rises. The rest observe a profound silence. When he has finished and sits down, they leave him five or six minutes to recollect that if he has omitted anything he intended to say or has anything to add he may rise again and deliver it. To interrupt another,...
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