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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... render 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.
... render 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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... employ- ment , gratify my vanity . Scarcely in- deed have I ever heard or read the in- ` troductory phrafe , " I may fay without vanity , " but fome striking and character- iftic inftance of vanity has immediately followed . The ...
... employ- ment , gratify my vanity . Scarcely in- deed have I ever heard or read the in- ` troductory phrafe , " I may fay without vanity , " but fome striking and character- iftic inftance of vanity has immediately followed . The ...
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... employed , and that has crowned them with fuccefs . My faith in this refpect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the divine goodness will ftill be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my ...
... employed , and that has crowned them with fuccefs . My faith in this refpect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the divine goodness will ftill be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my ...
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... employing gentle means only , and fuch as were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called ...
... employing gentle means only , and fuch as were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called ...
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... employed in cutting the wicks , filling the moulds , taking care of the shop , carrying meffages , & c . This business difpleafed me , and I felt a ftrong inclination for a fea life ; but my father fet his face against it . The vicinity ...
... employed in cutting the wicks , filling the moulds , taking care of the shop , carrying meffages , & c . This business difpleafed me , and I felt a ftrong inclination for a fea life ; but my father fet his face against it . The vicinity ...
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