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 SpectatorP. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793 - 303 Seiten |
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... should fo long have been with - held from the Public . A tran- flation of them appeared in France near two years ago , coming down to the year 1731. There can be no fuffi- cient reason , that what has thus been fubmitted to the perufal ...
... should fo long have been with - held from the Public . A tran- flation of them appeared in France near two years ago , coming down to the year 1731. There can be no fuffi- cient reason , that what has thus been fubmitted to the perufal ...
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... should not be educated for the church . There was alfo among my father's books Plutarch's Lives , in which I read continually , and I ftill regard as advantageoufly employed the time I devoted to them . them . I found befides a work of ...
... should not be educated for the church . There was alfo among my father's books Plutarch's Lives , in which I read continually , and I ftill regard as advantageoufly employed the time I devoted to them . them . I found befides a work of ...
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... should have been unable to finish our journey . Collins wished to get employment as a mer- chant's clerk ; but either his breath or his coun- tenance betrayed his bad habit ; for , though he had recommendations , he met with no fuccefs ...
... should have been unable to finish our journey . Collins wished to get employment as a mer- chant's clerk ; but either his breath or his coun- tenance betrayed his bad habit ; for , though he had recommendations , he met with no fuccefs ...
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... should be afhamed of its being known that he had exercised a profeffion fo little honourable , he changed his name , and did me the honour of affuming mine . He wrote to me foon after his departure , informing me that he was fettled at ...
... should be afhamed of its being known that he had exercised a profeffion fo little honourable , he changed his name , and did me the honour of affuming mine . He wrote to me foon after his departure , informing me that he was fettled at ...
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... should perhaps have gained a great deal of money . This idea ftruck me fo forcibly , that , had the offer been made fooner , I fhould have difmiffed the thought of returning as yet to America . Some years after , you and I had a more ...
... should perhaps have gained a great deal of money . This idea ftruck me fo forcibly , that , had the offer been made fooner , I fhould have difmiffed the thought of returning as yet to America . Some years after , you and I had a more ...
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