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... first justice at the assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise , In all
employments , generous , just he prov'd Renown'd for courtesy , by all belov'd .
extending further back than that period . The register informed 10 . LIFE OF
FRANKLIN .
... first justice at the assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise , In all
employments , generous , just he prov'd Renown'd for courtesy , by all belov'd .
extending further back than that period . The register informed 10 . LIFE OF
FRANKLIN .
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My vanity was flattered by this success ; but my father checked my exultation , by
ridiculing my productions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus
escaped the misfortune of being , probably , a very wretched poet . But as the ...
My vanity was flattered by this success ; but my father checked my exultation , by
ridiculing my productions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus
escaped the misfortune of being , probably , a very wretched poet . But as the ...
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This was the second Governor who had honored me with his attention ; and , to a
poor boy , as I was then , these little adventures did not fail to be pleasing . We
arrived at Philadelphia . On the way I received Vernon's money , without which
we ...
This was the second Governor who had honored me with his attention ; and , to a
poor boy , as I was then , these little adventures did not fail to be pleasing . We
arrived at Philadelphia . On the way I received Vernon's money , without which
we ...
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I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer suffered terribly . Tired of the project ,
he sighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ordered a roast pig , and
invited me and two of our female acquaintance to dine with him ; but the pig
being ready ...
I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer suffered terribly . Tired of the project ,
he sighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ordered a roast pig , and
invited me and two of our female acquaintance to dine with him ; but the pig
being ready ...
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But what are we to think of a Governor who could play so scurvy a trick , and thus
grossly deceive a poor young lad , wholly destitute of experience ? It was a
practice with him . Wishing to please every body , and having little to bestow , he
was ...
But what are we to think of a Governor who could play so scurvy a trick , and thus
grossly deceive a poor young lad , wholly destitute of experience ? It was a
practice with him . Wishing to please every body , and having little to bestow , he
was ...
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| Titel | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Verlag | S. Andrus and Son, 1847 |
| Original von | University of California, Irvine |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Juni 2017 |
| Länge | 304 Seiten |
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