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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... my father , he had insisted on my punc- tual attendance on public worship , and I still indeed considered it as a duty , but a duty which I thought I had no time to practise . When about sixteen years of age , a work of DR . FRANKLIN . 23.
... my father , he had insisted on my punc- tual attendance on public worship , and I still indeed considered it as a duty , but a duty which I thought I had no time to practise . When about sixteen years of age , a work of DR . FRANKLIN . 23.
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... considered this as a very great honour ; and was the more sensible of it , as he con- versed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly manner imaginable . Towards the end of April , 1724 , a small vessel was ready to sail ...
... considered this as a very great honour ; and was the more sensible of it , as he con- versed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly manner imaginable . Towards the end of April , 1724 , a small vessel was ready to sail ...
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... considered , on this occasion , agreeably to the maxims of my master Tyron , the cap- ture of every fish as a sort of murder , committed with- out provocation , since these animals had neither done , nor were capable of doing , the ...
... considered , on this occasion , agreeably to the maxims of my master Tyron , the cap- ture of every fish as a sort of murder , committed with- out provocation , since these animals had neither done , nor were capable of doing , the ...
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... considered this agreement as a very great advantage ; and I derived from it as much benefit as was in my power . My pamphlet falling into the hands of a surgeon , of the name of Lyons , author of a book entitled , " In- fallibility of ...
... considered this agreement as a very great advantage ; and I derived from it as much benefit as was in my power . My pamphlet falling into the hands of a surgeon , of the name of Lyons , author of a book entitled , " In- fallibility of ...
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... considered all the obligations he owed me as annihilated by this pro- ceeding ; whence I concluded that I was never to ex- pect the payment of what money had lent him , or advanced on his account . I was the less afflicted at this , as ...
... considered all the obligations he owed me as annihilated by this pro- ceeding ; whence I concluded that I was never to ex- pect the payment of what money had lent him , or advanced on his account . I was the less afflicted at this , as ...
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