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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... endeavoured to restore the essays to their due form , and to express each thought at length , as it was in the original , employ- ing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the ...
... endeavoured to restore the essays to their due form , and to express each thought at length , as it was in the original , employ- ing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the ...
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... endeavoured to put his press in order , which he had not yet used , and of which indeed he understood nothing : and , having pro- mised to come and work off his elegy as soon as it should be ready , I returned to the house of Bradford ...
... endeavoured to put his press in order , which he had not yet used , and of which indeed he understood nothing : and , having pro- mised to come and work off his elegy as soon as it should be ready , I returned to the house of Bradford ...
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... endeavoured to dissuade him , by assuring him that he had no genius for poet- ry , and advised him to stick to the trade in which he had been brought up . " In the road of commerce , " said he , " you will be sure , by diligence and ...
... endeavoured to dissuade him , by assuring him that he had no genius for poet- ry , and advised him to stick to the trade in which he had been brought up . " In the road of commerce , " said he , " you will be sure , by diligence and ...
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... endeavoured to procure employment as a copyist , and applied to the lawyers and stationers about the Temple , but he could find no vacancy . As to myself , I immediately got engaged at Palmer's , at that time a noted printer in ...
... endeavoured to procure employment as a copyist , and applied to the lawyers and stationers about the Temple , but he could find no vacancy . As to myself , I immediately got engaged at Palmer's , at that time a noted printer in ...
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... endeavouring to prevail on him to renounce this pursuit . Young had just pub- lished one of his Satires . I copied and sent him a great part of it ; in which the author demonstrates the folly of cultivating the muses , from he hope , by ...
... endeavouring to prevail on him to renounce this pursuit . Young had just pub- lished one of his Satires . I copied and sent him a great part of it ; in which the author demonstrates the folly of cultivating the muses , from he hope , by ...
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