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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... period , my uncle had been un- able to discover ; probably ever fince the inftitution of furnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a parti- cular order of individuals * . This * As a ...
... period , my uncle had been un- able to discover ; probably ever fince the inftitution of furnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a parti- cular order of individuals * . This * As a ...
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... period . This re- gifter informed me , that I was the youngest son of the youngest branch of the family , counting five generations . My grandfather , Thomas , who was born in 1598 , lived at Eaton till he was too old to continue his ...
... period . This re- gifter informed me , that I was the youngest son of the youngest branch of the family , counting five generations . My grandfather , Thomas , who was born in 1598 , lived at Eaton till he was too old to continue his ...
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... period , and put them for a few days afide . I then , without looking at the book , endeavoured to reftore the effays . to their true form , and to exprefs each thought at length , as it was in the origi- nal , employing the most ...
... period , and put them for a few days afide . I then , without looking at the book , endeavoured to reftore the effays . to their true form , and to exprefs each thought at length , as it was in the origi- nal , employing the most ...
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... periods and complete the effays . This I did with a view of acquiring method in the arrangement of my thoughts . On comparing afterwards my perform- ance with the original , many faults were apparent , which I corrected ; but I had ...
... periods and complete the effays . This I did with a view of acquiring method in the arrangement of my thoughts . On comparing afterwards my perform- ance with the original , many faults were apparent , which I corrected ; but I had ...
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... period that , having one day been put to the blufh for my ignorance in the art of calculation , which I had twice failed to learn while at school , I took Cocker's Treatife of Arithmetic , and went through it by myself with the utmost ...
... period that , having one day been put to the blufh for my ignorance in the art of calculation , which I had twice failed to learn while at school , I took Cocker's Treatife of Arithmetic , and went through it by myself with the utmost ...
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