The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... common question , without asking first , ' what do you intend to infer from that . ' However it gave him such an opinion of my abilities in the confuting way , that he seriously proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of ...
... common question , without asking first , ' what do you intend to infer from that . ' However it gave him such an opinion of my abilities in the confuting way , that he seriously proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of ...
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... common diet for that , and that for the common abruptly , without the least inconvenience ; so that I think there is little in the advice of making those changes by easy gradations . I went on pleasantly , but ' poor Keimer suffered ...
... common diet for that , and that for the common abruptly , without the least inconvenience ; so that I think there is little in the advice of making those changes by easy gradations . I went on pleasantly , but ' poor Keimer suffered ...
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... common citizen . He seemed a little ashamed at seeing me , and passed without saying any- thing . I should have been as much ashamed at seeing Miss Read had not her friends , despairing with reason of my return , persuaded her to marry ...
... common citizen . He seemed a little ashamed at seeing me , and passed without saying any- thing . I should have been as much ashamed at seeing Miss Read had not her friends , despairing with reason of my return , persuaded her to marry ...
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... matter of speculation to our philosopher , he tells us , to note the extra- ordinary power he had on his audience , and how much they admired and respected him notwithstanding his common abuse of them , 28 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... matter of speculation to our philosopher , he tells us , to note the extra- ordinary power he had on his audience , and how much they admired and respected him notwithstanding his common abuse of them , 28 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... common soldier . " Being soon after , in consequence of these efforts , made a member of the governor's council , Franklin proposed to promote the recent mea- sures through the influence of the clergy . A public fast was proclaimed at ...
... common soldier . " Being soon after , in consequence of these efforts , made a member of the governor's council , Franklin proposed to promote the recent mea- sures through the influence of the clergy . A public fast was proclaimed at ...
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