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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... these circumstances , in- terefting as they are , from the celebrity of the character of which they treat , and from the critical fituation of the prefent times , they fhould , fo long have been with - held from the Public : A ...
... these circumstances , in- terefting as they are , from the celebrity of the character of which they treat , and from the critical fituation of the prefent times , they fhould , fo long have been with - held from the Public : A ...
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... these memoirs is uncommonly pleasing . The story is told with the most un- referved fincerity , and without any falfe co- louring or ornament . We fee , in every page , that the author examined his fubject with the eye of a mafter , and ...
... these memoirs is uncommonly pleasing . The story is told with the most un- referved fincerity , and without any falfe co- louring or ornament . We fee , in every page , that the author examined his fubject with the eye of a mafter , and ...
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... the utmost inattention as to these objects , I have always been per- fectly regardless of what kind of food . was before me ; and I pay fo little at- tention C 4 tention to it even now , that it would be DR . FRANKLIN . 23.
... the utmost inattention as to these objects , I have always been per- fectly regardless of what kind of food . was before me ; and I pay fo little at- tention C 4 tention to it even now , that it would be DR . FRANKLIN . 23.
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... These I afterwards fold in order to buy an hiftorical col- lection by R. Burton , which confifted of fmall cheap volumes , amounting in all to about forty , or fifty . My father's little library was principally made up of books of ...
... These I afterwards fold in order to buy an hiftorical col- lection by R. Burton , which confifted of fmall cheap volumes , amounting in all to about forty , or fifty . My father's little library was principally made up of books of ...
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... convinced me by feveral examples . I felt the juftice of his remarks , became more attentive to language , and refolved to make every effort to improve my style . Amidft 覆 Amidst these refolves an odd volume of the Spectator 34 LIFE OF.
... convinced me by feveral examples . I felt the juftice of his remarks , became more attentive to language , and refolved to make every effort to improve my style . Amidft 覆 Amidst these refolves an odd volume of the Spectator 34 LIFE OF.
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