The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... opinion of all his friends , that I should certainly make a good scholar , encouraged him in this purpose of his . " Franklin , however , continued at the grammar school rather less than a year ; although in that time he had made good ...
... opinion of all his friends , that I should certainly make a good scholar , encouraged him in this purpose of his . " Franklin , however , continued at the grammar school rather less than a year ; although in that time he had made good ...
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... opinion of my abilities in the confuting way , that he seriously proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of setting up a new sect . He was to preach the doctrines , and I was to confound all apponents . When he came to ...
... opinion of my abilities in the confuting way , that he seriously proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of setting up a new sect . He was to preach the doctrines , and I was to confound all apponents . When he came to ...
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... opinion , direct con- tradiction , & c . were prohibited under small pecuniary penalties . The original rules of this institution are worth preserving , as exhibiting the Instrumen- honest struggles of growing intellect among the ...
... opinion , direct con- tradiction , & c . were prohibited under small pecuniary penalties . The original rules of this institution are worth preserving , as exhibiting the Instrumen- honest struggles of growing intellect among the ...
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... opinion , as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face , give a nice observer some notion of his mind . Methought he rapped in such a peculiar manner , as seemed of itself to express there was one who deserved as well as ...
... opinion , as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face , give a nice observer some notion of his mind . Methought he rapped in such a peculiar manner , as seemed of itself to express there was one who deserved as well as ...
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... opinion . If they meet so often to learn good things they would certainly have learned some before this time ; but they are all ignorant . You know our practice . If a white man , in travelling through our country , enters one of our ...
... opinion . If they meet so often to learn good things they would certainly have learned some before this time ; but they are all ignorant . You know our practice . If a white man , in travelling through our country , enters one of our ...
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