The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 Seiten |
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... agreeable employment of a week's uninterrupted leisure , which I promise myself during my present retirement in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity ...
... agreeable employment of a week's uninterrupted leisure , which I promise myself during my present retirement in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity ...
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... agreeable ; so that when he sang a psalm or hymn , with the accompaniment of his violin , as was his frequent practice in an evening , when the labours of the day were finished , it was truly delightful to hear him . He was versed also ...
... agreeable ; so that when he sang a psalm or hymn , with the accompaniment of his violin , as was his frequent practice in an evening , when the labours of the day were finished , it was truly delightful to hear him . He was versed also ...
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... agreeable one were not offered me , I might play the truant and escape to sea ; as , to his extreme mortifi . cation , my brother Josias had done . He therefore took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , braziers , joiners , and other ...
... agreeable one were not offered me , I might play the truant and escape to sea ; as , to his extreme mortifi . cation , my brother Josias had done . He therefore took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , braziers , joiners , and other ...
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... agreeable to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would ob- serve by the by , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and frequently renders a man's company in- supportable , as being no otherwise capable of indul ...
... agreeable to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would ob- serve by the by , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and frequently renders a man's company in- supportable , as being no otherwise capable of indul ...
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... agreeable to me , as it turned to good account for the whole expense of our living did not exceed for each , eighteen - pence a week . I have since that period observed several lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly ...
... agreeable to me , as it turned to good account for the whole expense of our living did not exceed for each , eighteen - pence a week . I have since that period observed several lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly ...
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