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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... increased its fale . Thefe gentlemen frequently came to our houfe . I heard the con- verfation that paffed , and the accounts they gave of the favourable reception of their writings with the public . I was tempted to try my hand a- mong ...
... increased its fale . Thefe gentlemen frequently came to our houfe . I heard the con- verfation that paffed , and the accounts they gave of the favourable reception of their writings with the public . I was tempted to try my hand a- mong ...
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... increase , between the two young women and me , fhe took me afide and faid : " Young man , I am in pain for thee . Thou haft no parent to watch over thy conduct , and thou feemeft to be ignorant of the world , and the fnares to which ...
... increase , between the two young women and me , fhe took me afide and faid : " Young man , I am in pain for thee . Thou haft no parent to watch over thy conduct , and thou feemeft to be ignorant of the world , and the fnares to which ...
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... increased my stock of knowledge , either by the many excellent books I had read , or the converfation of learned and literary perfons with whom I was acquainted . We failed from Gravefend the 23d of July 1726. For the incidents of my ...
... increased my stock of knowledge , either by the many excellent books I had read , or the converfation of learned and literary perfons with whom I was acquainted . We failed from Gravefend the 23d of July 1726. For the incidents of my ...
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... increased my acquaintance with perfons of knowledge and information in the town . Kei- mer himself treated me with great civility and apparent efteem ; and I had nothing to give me uneafinefs but my debt to Vernon , which I was unable ...
... increased my acquaintance with perfons of knowledge and information in the town . Kei- mer himself treated me with great civility and apparent efteem ; and I had nothing to give me uneafinefs but my debt to Vernon , which I was unable ...
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... increase . This was one of the first good effects of the pains I had taken to learn to put my ideas on paper . I derived this farther advantage from it , that the leading men of the place , feeing in the author of this publication a man ...
... increase . This was one of the first good effects of the pains I had taken to learn to put my ideas on paper . I derived this farther advantage from it , that the leading men of the place , feeing in the author of this publication a man ...
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