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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... paper ; it will be an agreeable employment of a weeks uninter- rupted leisure , which I promise myself during my present retirement in the country . There are also other motives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of ...
... paper ; it will be an agreeable employment of a weeks uninter- rupted leisure , which I promise myself during my present retirement in the country . There are also other motives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of ...
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... papers here , in which you will find a more minute account , if they are not lost during my absence . Thomas had learned the trade of blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study ...
... papers here , in which you will find a more minute account , if they are not lost during my absence . Thomas had learned the trade of blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study ...
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... paper , made a fair copy and sent it to him . He answered , and I replied . Three or four 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 ...
... paper , made a fair copy and sent it to him . He answered , and I replied . Three or four 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 ...
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... papers , made short summaries of the sense of each period , and put them for a few days aside . I then , without looking at the book , endeavour- ed to restore the essays to their due form , and to express each thought at length , as it ...
... papers , made short summaries of the sense of each period , and put them for a few days aside . I then , without looking at the book , endeavour- ed to restore the essays to their due form , and to express each thought at length , as it ...
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... paper . It was the second that made its appearance in America , and was entitled the " New - England Courant . " The only one that ex- isted before was the Boston News - Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded ...
... paper . It was the second that made its appearance in America , and was entitled the " New - England Courant . " The only one that ex- isted before was the Boston News - Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded ...
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