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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... against popery . They had an English Bible , and , to conceal it the more fecurely , they conceived the pro- ject of faftening it , open , with pack- threads across the leaves , on the infide of the lid of a close - ftool . When my ...
... against popery . They had an English Bible , and , to conceal it the more fecurely , they conceived the pro- ject of faftening it , open , with pack- threads across the leaves , on the infide of the lid of a close - ftool . When my ...
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... against it . The vicinity of the water , however , gave me frequent opportunities of venturing my- self both upon and within it , and I foon acquired the art of fwimming , and of ma- naging a boat . When embarked with other children ...
... against it . The vicinity of the water , however , gave me frequent opportunities of venturing my- self both upon and within it , and I foon acquired the art of fwimming , and of ma- naging a boat . When embarked with other children ...
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... against us ; many of us underwent correction on the part of our parents ; and though I ftrenuously de- fended the utility of the work , my father at length convinced me , that nothing which was not ftrictly honest could be useful . It ...
... against us ; many of us underwent correction on the part of our parents ; and though I ftrenuously de- fended the utility of the work , my father at length convinced me , that nothing which was not ftrictly honest could be useful . It ...
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... be both the fafeft for myself , as well as the most embarraffing to thofe against whom I employed it . It foon afforded me fingular pleasure ; I incef- fantly fantly practifed it ; and became very adroit in obtaining 40 LIFE OF.
... be both the fafeft for myself , as well as the most embarraffing to thofe against whom I employed it . It foon afforded me fingular pleasure ; I incef- fantly fantly practifed it ; and became very adroit in obtaining 40 LIFE OF.
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... against the governors ; which highly pleafed my brother , while others began to look upon me in an unfavourable point of view , confidering me as a young wit in- clined to fatire and lampoon . ( 6 My brother's enlargement was accom ...
... against the governors ; which highly pleafed my brother , while others began to look upon me in an unfavourable point of view , confidering me as a young wit in- clined to fatire and lampoon . ( 6 My brother's enlargement was accom ...
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