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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... tection he had fo obligingly offered me , but re- fufing to affift me for the prefent , because he thought me too young to be entrusted with the conduct conduct of fo important an enterprife , and which would DR . FRANKLIN . 39.
... tection he had fo obligingly offered me , but re- fufing to affift me for the prefent , because he thought me too young to be entrusted with the conduct conduct of fo important an enterprife , and which would DR . FRANKLIN . 39.
Seite 40
... important an enterprife , and which would require fo confiderable a fum of money . My old comrade Collins , who was a clerk in the poft - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new refidence , expreffed a defire of going thither ...
... important an enterprife , and which would require fo confiderable a fum of money . My old comrade Collins , who was a clerk in the poft - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new refidence , expreffed a defire of going thither ...
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... important affairs . But Sir William , upon reading his letter , thought him too prudent . There was a difference , he faid , between individuals : years of maturity were not always accompanied with difcretion , neither was youth in ...
... important affairs . But Sir William , upon reading his letter , thought him too prudent . There was a difference , he faid , between individuals : years of maturity were not always accompanied with difcretion , neither was youth in ...
Seite 47
... Lents with the greatest ftrictnefs , and have fuddenly returned again to my ordinary diet , without ex- periencing the fmalleft inconvenience ; which has led led me to regard as of no importance the advice DR . FRANKLIN . 47.
... Lents with the greatest ftrictnefs , and have fuddenly returned again to my ordinary diet , without ex- periencing the fmalleft inconvenience ; which has led led me to regard as of no importance the advice DR . FRANKLIN . 47.
Seite 48
... importance the advice commonly given , of introducing gradually fuch alterations of regimen . I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer fuffered terribly . Tired of the project , he figh- ed for the flesh - pots of Egypt . At length ...
... importance the advice commonly given , of introducing gradually fuch alterations of regimen . I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer fuffered terribly . Tired of the project , he figh- ed for the flesh - pots of Egypt . At length ...
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