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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... master , and suc- ceeded very well in his profession , by employing gentle means only , and such as were calculated ' to encourage his scholars . Under him I soon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arith- metic , and made ...
... master , and suc- ceeded very well in his profession , by employing gentle means only , and such as were calculated ' to encourage his scholars . Under him I soon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arith- metic , and made ...
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... master of them . From this belief , I took some of the tales of the Spectator , and turned them into verse ; and after a time , when I had sufficiently forgot- ten them , I again converted them into prose . Sometimes , also , I mingled ...
... master of them . From this belief , I took some of the tales of the Spectator , and turned them into verse ; and after a time , when I had sufficiently forgot- ten them , I again converted them into prose . Sometimes , also , I mingled ...
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... master of the little geometry it contains , but I never proceeded far in this science . Nearly at the same time , I read Locke on the Human Un- derstanding , and the Art of Thinking , by Messrs . Du Port Royal . While laboring to form ...
... master of the little geometry it contains , but I never proceeded far in this science . Nearly at the same time , I read Locke on the Human Un- derstanding , and the Art of Thinking , by Messrs . Du Port Royal . While laboring to form ...
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... master , and treated me as an apprentice . He thought himself entitled to the same services from me , as from any other person . On the contrary , I conceived that , in many in- stances , he was too rigorous , and that , on the part of ...
... master , and treated me as an apprentice . He thought himself entitled to the same services from me , as from any other person . On the contrary , I conceived that , in many in- stances , he was too rigorous , and that , on the part of ...
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... master's secrets . The imprisonment of my brother , kindled my resentment , notwithstanding our private quar- rels . During its continuance the management of the paper was intrusted to me , and I was bold e- nough to insert some ...
... master's secrets . The imprisonment of my brother , kindled my resentment , notwithstanding our private quar- rels . During its continuance the management of the paper was intrusted to me , and I was bold e- nough to insert some ...
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