The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 Seiten |
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... advantage from my narrative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to my . self , that , were the offer made me , I would en- gage to run again , from beginning to end , the same ...
... advantage from my narrative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to my . self , that , were the offer made me , I would en- gage to run again , from beginning to end , the same ...
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... advantage of this habit ; for it has often happened to me to be in company with persons , who , having a more deli- cate , because a more exercised taste , have suf- fered in many cases considerable inconvenience ; while as to myself ...
... advantage of this habit ; for it has often happened to me to be in company with persons , who , having a more deli- cate , because a more exercised taste , have suf- fered in many cases considerable inconvenience ; while as to myself ...
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... writing . He observed , that though I had the advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , I was greatly his inferior in elegance of expression , in 24 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... writing . He observed , that though I had the advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , I was greatly his inferior in elegance of expression , in 24 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... advantage of my liberty , presuming that he would not dare to produce the new contract . It was undoubt- edly dishonorable to avail myself of this circum- stance , and I reckon this action as one of the first errors of my life ; but I ...
... advantage of my liberty , presuming that he would not dare to produce the new contract . It was undoubt- edly dishonorable to avail myself of this circum- stance , and I reckon this action as one of the first errors of my life ; but I ...
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... advantages of the scheme , in a light which he had no doubt would determine him . It was thus concluded that I should return to Boston by the first vessel with the letter of recommendation , from the Governor to my fa- ther . Meanwhile ...
... advantages of the scheme , in a light which he had no doubt would determine him . It was thus concluded that I should return to Boston by the first vessel with the letter of recommendation , from the Governor to my fa- ther . Meanwhile ...
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