The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... conduct and 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 ...
... conduct and 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 ...
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... conduct in life , " being pretty faithfully adhered to , quite through to old age . " He landed at Philadelphia in October , where he found sundry altera- tions . " Keith was no longer governor , being superseded by Major Gordon ; I met ...
... conduct in life , " being pretty faithfully adhered to , quite through to old age . " He landed at Philadelphia in October , where he found sundry altera- tions . " Keith was no longer governor , being superseded by Major Gordon ; I met ...
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... conduct of the master of the establishment , he began to entertain thoughts of setting up for himself ; this he ... conducted by a president , in a sincere spirit of inquiry after truth , without fondness for dispute or desire of victory ...
... conduct of the master of the establishment , he began to entertain thoughts of setting up for himself ; this he ... conducted by a president , in a sincere spirit of inquiry after truth , without fondness for dispute or desire of victory ...
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... conduct and character of the young men who had become his disciples in scepticism , and of the behaviour of Keith ... conducted , and in no respect entertain- ing , but was yet profitable . Keimer having got an intimation of the con ...
... conduct and character of the young men who had become his disciples in scepticism , and of the behaviour of Keith ... conducted , and in no respect entertain- ing , but was yet profitable . Keimer having got an intimation of the con ...
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... conduct , he considered it would be best , while aiming at the whole , to devote a week's particular attention to each of the virtues in succession and determined faithfully to mark in a book , with a black spot , each day's ...
... conduct , he considered it would be best , while aiming at the whole , to devote a week's particular attention to each of the virtues in succession and determined faithfully to mark in a book , with a black spot , each day's ...
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