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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... must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown propos'd as things forgot . And in the fame poem he afterwards advises us , To fpeak , though fure , with feeming diffidence . He might have added to these lines , one that ...
... must be taught as if you taught them not , And things unknown propos'd as things forgot . And in the fame poem he afterwards advises us , To fpeak , though fure , with feeming diffidence . He might have added to these lines , one that ...
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... must give you the two lines together : Immodeft words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . Now want of fenfe , when a man has the misfortune to be fo circumftanced , is it not a kind of excufe for want of mo ...
... must give you the two lines together : Immodeft words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . Now want of fenfe , when a man has the misfortune to be fo circumftanced , is it not a kind of excufe for want of mo ...
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... must have paffed it , and were unwilling to row any farther ; the reft not know- ing where we were , it was refolved that we should ftop . We drew towards the hore , entered a creek , and landed near fome old palifades , which ferved us ...
... must have paffed it , and were unwilling to row any farther ; the reft not know- ing where we were , it was refolved that we should ftop . We drew towards the hore , entered a creek , and landed near fome old palifades , which ferved us ...
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... fible , and the piece must be produced . It was read and re - read . Watson and Osborne immediately refigned the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alonc alone made a few remarks , and proposed fome alterations 100 LIFE OF.
... fible , and the piece must be produced . It was read and re - read . Watson and Osborne immediately refigned the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alonc alone made a few remarks , and proposed fome alterations 100 LIFE OF.
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... must be fold , per- haps at half their value , to pay the debt . In this distress , two real friends , whofe generous conduct I have never forgot- ten , and never fhall forget while I re- tain the remembrance of any thing , came to me ...
... must be fold , per- haps at half their value , to pay the debt . In this distress , two real friends , whofe generous conduct I have never forgot- ten , and never fhall forget while I re- tain the remembrance of any thing , came to me ...
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