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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... frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I fometimes fay to myfelf , that , were the offer made me , I would engage to run again , from beginning to end , the fame career of life . All I would afk fhould be the privilege of an ...
... frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I fometimes fay to myfelf , that , were the offer made me , I would engage to run again , from beginning to end , the fame career of life . All I would afk fhould be the privilege of an ...
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... 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 , the helm was commonly deputed to me , particularly on ...
... 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 , the helm was commonly deputed to me , particularly on ...
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... frequent practice in an evening , when the labours of the day were finished , it was truly delightful to hear him ... frequently to come and afk his advice refpecting af- fairs of the town , or of the church to which he belonged , and ...
... frequent practice in an evening , when the labours of the day were finished , it was truly delightful to hear him ... frequently to come and afk his advice refpecting af- fairs of the town , or of the church to which he belonged , and ...
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... frequently en- gaged in difpute , and were indeed for fond of argumentation , that nothing was fo agreeable to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would ob- ferve by the by , is in danger of becom- ing a very bad habit ...
... frequently en- gaged in difpute , and were indeed for fond of argumentation , that nothing was fo agreeable to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would ob- ferve by the by , is in danger of becom- ing a very bad habit ...
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... was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volu- VOL . II . D bility bility than by the force of his argu- ments . DR . FRANKLIN . 33.
... was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volu- VOL . II . D bility bility than by the force of his argu- ments . DR . FRANKLIN . 33.
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