The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... character or shape his fortunes . For example , during a squall , a drunken Dutchman who was a fellow passenger , fell over board . At the moment that he was sinking , Franklin seized him by the fore - top and drew him into the boat ...
... character or shape his fortunes . For example , during a squall , a drunken Dutchman who was a fellow passenger , fell over board . At the moment that he was sinking , Franklin seized him by the fore - top and drew him into the boat ...
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... character of his three principle associates at this time , which throws considerable light on his own . Watson , according to the autobiographer's description , was a religious , intelligent , and very worthy youth ; the other two ...
... character of his three principle associates at this time , which throws considerable light on his own . Watson , according to the autobiographer's description , was a religious , intelligent , and very worthy youth ; the other two ...
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... character . " What shall we think , " says he , " of a governor so grossly imposing on a poor ignorant boy ? It was a habit he had acquired . He wished to please everybody , and having little to give , he gave expectations . He was ...
... character . " What shall we think , " says he , " of a governor so grossly imposing on a poor ignorant boy ? It was a habit he had acquired . He wished to please everybody , and having little to give , he gave expectations . He was ...
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... character of the young men who had become his disciples in scepticism , and of the behaviour of Keith who was a freethinker , he experienced great uneasiness sus- pecting that although the infidel doctrines might be true , they were not ...
... character of the young men who had become his disciples in scepticism , and of the behaviour of Keith who was a freethinker , he experienced great uneasiness sus- pecting that although the infidel doctrines might be true , they were not ...
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... character in that respect . " Like the man , " observes he , who , in buying an axe of a smith , my neighbour , desired to have the whole of its surface as bright as the edge ; the smith con- sented to grind it bright for him , if he ...
... character in that respect . " Like the man , " observes he , who , in buying an axe of a smith , my neighbour , desired to have the whole of its surface as bright as the edge ; the smith con- sented to grind it bright for him , if he ...
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