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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... moft unreferved fincerity , and without any falfe colouring or ornament . We fee , in every page , that the author examined his fubject with the eye of a mafter , and related no incidents , the fprings and origin of which he did not ...
... moft unreferved fincerity , and without any falfe colouring or ornament . We fee , in every page , that the author examined his fubject with the eye of a mafter , and related no incidents , the fprings and origin of which he did not ...
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... moft urgent , and which is commonly best paid ; and thus my time paffed away in a very pleasant manner . My lodging in Little Britain being too far from the printing - house , I took another in Duke - street oppofite the Roman Catholic ...
... moft urgent , and which is commonly best paid ; and thus my time paffed away in a very pleasant manner . My lodging in Little Britain being too far from the printing - house , I took another in Duke - street oppofite the Roman Catholic ...
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... moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments , made ink , gave an eye to the fhop ; in fhort I was in every respect the factotum . But ufeful as I made myself , I perceived that my fervices became every day of ...
... moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments , made ink , gave an eye to the fhop ; in fhort I was in every respect the factotum . But ufeful as I made myself , I perceived that my fervices became every day of ...
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... moft not more than ninety fubfcribers , he offered it me for a mere trifle . I had for fome time been ready for fuch an engagement ; I therefore instantly took it upon myfelf , and in a few years it pro- ved extremely profitable to me ...
... moft not more than ninety fubfcribers , he offered it me for a mere trifle . I had for fome time been ready for fuch an engagement ; I therefore instantly took it upon myfelf , and in a few years it pro- ved extremely profitable to me ...
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... moft flattering prof- pects of his future eminence and usefulness in the profeffion . As Dr. Stuber's circumstances were very moderate , he did not think this purfuit well calculated to answer them . He there- fore relinquished it ...
... moft flattering prof- pects of his future eminence and usefulness in the profeffion . As Dr. Stuber's circumstances were very moderate , he did not think this purfuit well calculated to answer them . He there- fore relinquished it ...
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