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While I lived with my father , he had insisted on my punctual 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 .
While I lived with my father , he had insisted on my punctual 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 .
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I considered this as a very great honour ; and was the more sensible of it , as he
conversed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly manner imaginable
. Towards the end of April , 1724 , a small vessel was ready to sail for Boston .
I considered this as a very great honour ; and was the more sensible of it , as he
conversed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly manner imaginable
. Towards the end of April , 1724 , a small vessel was ready to sail for Boston .
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... which stopped us above Block Island , the crew employed themselves in
fishing for cod , of which they caught a great number . I had hitherto adhered to
my resolution of not eating any thing that had possessed life ; and I considered ,
on this ...
... which stopped us above Block Island , the crew employed themselves in
fishing for cod , of which they caught a great number . I had hitherto adhered to
my resolution of not eating any thing that had possessed life ; and I considered ,
on this ...
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Osborne agreed with me , and told Ralph that he was no more able to criticise
than he was able to write . When Osborne was alone with me , he expressed
himself still more strongly in favour of what he considered as my performance .
Osborne agreed with me , and told Ralph that he was no more able to criticise
than he was able to write . When Osborne was alone with me , he expressed
himself still more strongly in favour of what he considered as my performance .
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I 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 , “ Infallibility of Human
...
I 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 , “ Infallibility of Human
...
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| Titel | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: with His Life |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustriert von | John Scoles |
| Mitwirkende Personen | William Van Norden |
| Verlag | W. Van Norden, 1825 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 27. Juli 2006 |
| Länge | 290 Seiten |
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