The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published, Band 1Mac Coun, 1882 |
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... advantage authors have of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first . So would I also wish to change some inci- dents of it , for others more favorable . Notwithstand- ing , if this condition was denied , I should still ...
... advantage authors have of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first . So would I also wish to change some inci- dents of it , for others more favorable . Notwithstand- ing , if this condition was denied , I should still ...
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... advantage . There was also a book of Defoe's , called An Essay on Projects , and another of Dr. Mather's , called An Essay to do Good , which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future ...
... advantage . There was also a book of Defoe's , called An Essay on Projects , and another of Dr. Mather's , called An Essay to do Good , which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future ...
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... advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing ( which he attributed to the printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method , and in perspicuity , of which he convinced me by sev- eral instances ...
... advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing ( which he attributed to the printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method , and in perspicuity , of which he convinced me by sev- eral instances ...
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... advantage in it . My brother and the rest going from the printing - house to their meals , I re- mained there alone , and , despatching presently my light repast ( which was often no more than a biscuit , or a slice of bread , a handful ...
... advantage in it . My brother and the rest going from the printing - house to their meals , I re- mained there alone , and , despatching presently my light repast ( which was often no more than a biscuit , or a slice of bread , a handful ...
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... advantage to me , when I have had occasion to inculcate my opinions , and per- suade men into measures , that I have been from time to time engaged in promoting . And as the chief ends . of conversation are to inform or to be informed ...
... advantage to me , when I have had occasion to inculcate my opinions , and per- suade men into measures , that I have been from time to time engaged in promoting . And as the chief ends . of conversation are to inform or to be informed ...
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