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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... add , that due attention has been paid in the selection of such of his productions as may be adapted to general perusal The following letter from the celebra . ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , iv PREFACE .
... add , that due attention has been paid in the selection of such of his productions as may be adapted to general perusal The following letter from the celebra . ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , iv PREFACE .
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... letters with which you favor me . Your last , containing an account of the death of our excellent friend , Dr ... letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , observes , that it has been kindly ordered ...
... letters with which you favor me . Your last , containing an account of the death of our excellent friend , Dr ... letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , observes , that it has been kindly ordered ...
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... letters , confirmed him in his design . My uncle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and promised to give me all his volumes of ser- mons , written , as I have said , in the short hand of his invention , if I would take the pains to ...
... letters , confirmed him in his design . My uncle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and promised to give me all his volumes of ser- mons , written , as I have said , in the short hand of his invention , if I would take the pains to ...
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... letters had been writ- ten by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers , and read them . Without enter- ing into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He ...
... letters had been writ- ten by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers , and read them . Without enter- ing into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He ...
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... Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this undertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however ...
... Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this undertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however ...
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