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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... 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.
... 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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... myself . " Had he died , " faid you , " juft four years later , one " might have fuppofed a tranfinigration " of fouls . " John , to the beft of my belief , was brought brought up to the trade of a wool- dyer . 10 LIFE OF.
... myself . " Had he died , " faid you , " juft four years later , one " might have fuppofed a tranfinigration " of fouls . " John , to the beft of my belief , was brought brought up to the trade of a wool- dyer . 10 LIFE OF.
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... myself , I was fent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar fchool . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the fa- mily . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read ...
... myself , I was fent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar fchool . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the fa- mily . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read ...
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... 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 difficult occafions ; and , in every other ...
... 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 difficult occafions ; and , in every other ...
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... myself , I have had nothing to defire . My mother was likewife poffeffed of an excellent conftitution . She fuckled all her ten children , and I never heard either her or my father complain of any other disorder than that of which they ...
... myself , I have had nothing to defire . My mother was likewife poffeffed of an excellent conftitution . She fuckled all her ten children , and I never heard either her or my father complain of any other disorder than that of which they ...
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