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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... ftill would I not decline the offer . But fince a repe- tition of life cannot take place , there is nothing which , in my opinion , fo nearly refembles it , as to call to mind all its circumftances , and , to ren- der their remembrance ...
... ftill would I not decline the offer . But fince a repe- tition of life cannot take place , there is nothing which , in my opinion , fo nearly refembles it , as to call to mind all its circumftances , and , to ren- der their remembrance ...
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... ftill be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv- ing me fortitude to fupport any melancholy re- verfe , which may happen to me , as to fo many others . My future fortune ...
... ftill be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv- ing me fortitude to fupport any melancholy re- verfe , which may happen to me , as to fo many others . My future fortune ...
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... ftill remain eight in folio , and twenty- four in quarto and octavo . The collection had fallen into the hands of a fecond - hand bookfeller , who , knowing me by having fold me fome books , brought it to me . My uncle , it seems , had ...
... ftill remain eight in folio , and twenty- four in quarto and octavo . The collection had fallen into the hands of a fecond - hand bookfeller , who , knowing me by having fold me fome books , brought it to me . My uncle , it seems , had ...
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... 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 De Foe's 14 LIFE OF.
... 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 De Foe's 14 LIFE OF.
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... ftill a predilection for the fea . To prevent the effects which might refult from this inclination , my fa- ther was impatient to fee me engaged with my brother . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered myfelf to be ...
... ftill a predilection for the fea . To prevent the effects which might refult from this inclination , my fa- ther was impatient to fee me engaged with my brother . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered myfelf to be ...
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