Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator...G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - 316 Seiten |
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... their remembrance more dur- able , commit them to writing . By thus employing myself , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural in old men , to B 2 talk talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely DR . FRANKLIN . 3.
... their remembrance more dur- able , commit them to writing . By thus employing myself , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural in old men , to B 2 talk talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely DR . FRANKLIN . 3.
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... able to discover ; probably ever fince the inftitution of furnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a parti- cular order of individuals * . This * As a proof that Franklin was anciently ...
... able to discover ; probably ever fince the inftitution of furnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a parti- cular order of individuals * . This * As a proof that Franklin was anciently ...
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... able for their livelihoodes to make a jury in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a frank- lin , and , after defcribing his good housekeeping , thus characterises him : This worthy franklin ...
... able for their livelihoodes to make a jury in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a frank- lin , and , after defcribing his good housekeeping , thus characterises him : This worthy franklin ...
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... able or inferior to this or that dish of a fimilar kind . Thus accustomed , from my infancy , to the utmost inattention as to these objects , I have always been per- fectly regardless of what kind of food . was before me ; and I pay fo ...
... able or inferior to this or that dish of a fimilar kind . Thus accustomed , from my infancy , to the utmost inattention as to these objects , I have always been per- fectly regardless of what kind of food . was before me ; and I pay fo ...
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... able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct fmall machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impreffed on my imagination . My father at ...
... able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct fmall machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impreffed on my imagination . My father at ...
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