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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... mind all its circumftances , and , to 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 ...
... mind all its circumftances , and , to 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 ...
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... minds . Thomas thus rendered himself competent to the functions of a country attorney ; foon became an effen- tial perfonage in the affairs of the vil- lage ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprize , as well relative ...
... minds . Thomas thus rendered himself competent to the functions of a country attorney ; foon became an effen- tial perfonage in the affairs of the vil- lage ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprize , as well relative ...
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... mind for public enterprises , though the one in queftion was not con- ducted by justice . The mill - pond was terminated on one fide by a marfh , upon the borders of which we were accustomed to take our ftand , at high water , to angle ...
... mind for public enterprises , though the one in queftion was not con- ducted by justice . The mill - pond was terminated on one fide by a marfh , upon the borders of which we were accustomed to take our ftand , at high water , to angle ...
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... minds of his children . By this means he early attracted our attention to what was juft , prudent , and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never difcuffed whether they were ...
... minds of his children . By this means he early attracted our attention to what was juft , prudent , and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never difcuffed whether they were ...
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... mind . I af- terwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived fome faults , which I corrected : but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may fo exprefs myself , and a facility of recol- lecting and employing them ...
... mind . I af- terwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived fome faults , which I corrected : but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may fo exprefs myself , and a facility of recol- lecting and employing them ...
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