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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... tion . The time which I devoted to thefe exercises , and to reading , was the evening after my day's labour was finifhed , the morning before it began , and Sundays when I could efcape attending di- vine fervice . While I lived with my ...
... tion . The time which I devoted to thefe exercises , and to reading , was the evening after my day's labour was finifhed , the morning before it began , and Sundays when I could efcape attending di- vine fervice . While I lived with my ...
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... tion and 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 ...
... tion and 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 ...
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... tion . De Foe has imitated it with fuccefs in his Robinson Crufoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as alfo has Richardfon in his Pamela , & c . B In approaching the ifland , we found that we had made a part of the coaft where it ...
... tion . De Foe has imitated it with fuccefs in his Robinson Crufoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as alfo has Richardfon in his Pamela , & c . B In approaching the ifland , we found that we had made a part of the coaft where it ...
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... tion of his former enthusiasm ; and being fond of argument , we frequently difputed together . I was fo much in the habit of ufing my Socratic me- thod , and had fo frequently puzzled him by my queftions , which appeared at first very ...
... tion of his former enthusiasm ; and being fond of argument , we frequently difputed together . I was fo much in the habit of ufing my Socratic me- thod , and had fo frequently puzzled him by my queftions , which appeared at first very ...
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... tion . Our object in this competition was to be- nefit each other by our mutual remarks , criti- cifms , and corrections ; and as style and expreffi- on were all we had in view , we excluded every idea of invention , by agreeing that ...
... tion . Our object in this competition was to be- nefit each other by our mutual remarks , criti- cifms , and corrections ; and as style and expreffi- on were all we had in view , we excluded every idea of invention , by agreeing that ...
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