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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... piece , I placed it at night un- der the door of the printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communi- cated it to his friends , when they came as usual to see him , who read it , commented upon it with- in my ...
... piece , I placed it at night un- der the door of the printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communi- cated it to his friends , when they came as usual to see him , who read it , commented upon it with- in my ...
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... piece , and asked me what I thought of it . I expressed my- self in terms of warm approbation ; because it really appeared to have considerable merit.- He then said , " Osborne will never acknowledge the smallest degree of excellence in ...
... piece , and asked me what I thought of it . I expressed my- self in terms of warm approbation ; because it really appeared to have considerable merit.- He then said , " Osborne will never acknowledge the smallest degree of excellence in ...
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... piece must be produced . It was read and re- read . Watson and Osborne immediately re- signed the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alone made a few remarks , and proposed some alterations ; but I defended my text . Os- borne ...
... piece must be produced . It was read and re- read . Watson and Osborne immediately re- signed the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alone made a few remarks , and proposed some alterations ; but I defended my text . Os- borne ...
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... piece to his collection ; for which he paid me very handsomely . 1 There lodged in the same house with us a young woman , a milliner , who had a shop by the side of the Exchange . Lively and sensible , and having received an education ...
... piece to his collection ; for which he paid me very handsomely . 1 There lodged in the same house with us a young woman , a milliner , who had a shop by the side of the Exchange . Lively and sensible , and having received an education ...
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... piece , upon a slice of bread and butter , with half a pint of ale between us . But the entertainment was in her conversation . The early hours I kept , and the little trouble 1 occasioned in the family , made her loath to part with me ...
... piece , upon a slice of bread and butter , with half a pint of ale between us . But the entertainment was in her conversation . The early hours I kept , and the little trouble 1 occasioned in the family , made her loath to part with me ...
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