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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... - nours of our departed friend is , that he has contributed much to it . " I am , with great respect , Your obliged and very humble fervant , RICHARD PRICE . " CONTENTS . CONTENTS . LIFE of Dr. Franklin , as written by vi PREFACE .
... - nours of our departed friend is , that he has contributed much to it . " I am , with great respect , Your obliged and very humble fervant , RICHARD PRICE . " CONTENTS . CONTENTS . LIFE of Dr. Franklin , as written by vi PREFACE .
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... obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they pleafe . In fine and I may as well avow it , fince nobody would believe me were I to deny it - I fhall perhaps , by this employment , gratify my vanity ...
... obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they pleafe . In fine and I may as well avow it , fince nobody would believe me were I to deny it - I fhall perhaps , by this employment , gratify my vanity ...
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... obliged me to feck for a variety of fynonymes , and have rendered : me mafter of them . From this belief , I took fome of the tales of the Spectator and turned them into verfe ; and after a time , when I had fufficiently forgotten them ...
... obliged me to feck for a variety of fynonymes , and have rendered : me mafter of them . From this belief , I took fome of the tales of the Spectator and turned them into verfe ; and after a time , when I had fufficiently forgotten them ...
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... obliged to pump without intermiffion ; I took my turn . We arrived however safe and found at Boston , after about a fortnight's paffage . I had been abfent feven complete months , and my relations , during that interval , had received ...
... obliged to pump without intermiffion ; I took my turn . We arrived however safe and found at Boston , after about a fortnight's paffage . I had been abfent feven complete months , and my relations , during that interval , had received ...
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... obliging forward- ness in rendering the quaker fome trifling fervi- ces , which led her , probably , to feel an intereft in my welfare ; for when the faw a familiarity take place , and every day increase , between the two young women ...
... obliging forward- ness in rendering the quaker fome trifling fervi- ces , which led her , probably , to feel an intereft in my welfare ; for when the faw a familiarity take place , and every day increase , between the two young women ...
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