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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... manner , all my uncles to cultivate their minds . Thomas thus rendered him- self competent to the functions of a country attorney ; soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village , and was one of the chief movers of ...
... manner , all my uncles to cultivate their minds . Thomas thus rendered him- self competent to the functions of a country attorney ; soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village , and was one of the chief movers of ...
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... manner of writing . He observed , that though had the advantage of my adversary in correct spell- ing and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , was greatly his inferior in elegance of expression , in arrangement , and perspicuity ...
... manner of writing . He observed , that though had the advantage of my adversary in correct spell- ing and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , was greatly his inferior in elegance of expression , in arrangement , and perspicuity ...
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... rhetoric and logic . In the lattter I found a model of disputation after the manner of Socrates . Shortly after I procured Xenophon's work , entitled , Memora- ble Things of Socrates , in which are various exam- 24 LIFE OF.
... rhetoric and logic . In the lattter I found a model of disputation after the manner of Socrates . Shortly after I procured Xenophon's work , entitled , Memora- ble Things of Socrates , in which are various exam- 24 LIFE OF.
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... manner of ex- pressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to dis- gust the hearer , and is only calculated to excite op- position , and defeat every purpose for which the fa- culty of speech has been bestowed on man . In short . if ...
... manner of ex- pressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to dis- gust the hearer , and is only calculated to excite op- position , and defeat every purpose for which the fa- culty of speech has been bestowed on man . In short . if ...
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... manner , describe my first entrance into this city , that you may compare beginnings so lit- tle auspicious , with the figure I have since made . On my arrival at Philadelphia I was in my working dress , my best clothes being to come by ...
... manner , describe my first entrance into this city , that you may compare beginnings so lit- tle auspicious , with the figure I have since made . On my arrival at Philadelphia I was in my working dress , my best clothes being to come by ...
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