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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... use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a con- ftant attendant on the beft preachers , whofe fer- mons he took a pleasure in writing down accord- ing to the expeditory method he had devifed . Many volumes were ...
... use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a con- ftant attendant on the beft preachers , whofe fer- mons he took a pleasure in writing down accord- ing to the expeditory method he had devifed . Many volumes were ...
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... uses , referving to herfelf only twelve pounds a year ; and of this small pittance fhe gave a part to the poor , living on water - gruel , and ne- ver making use of fire but to boil it . She had lived in this garret a great many ycars ...
... uses , referving to herfelf only twelve pounds a year ; and of this small pittance fhe gave a part to the poor , living on water - gruel , and ne- ver making use of fire but to boil it . She had lived in this garret a great many ycars ...
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... use of fuch letters as we had for punches , founded new letters of lead in ma- trices of clay , and thus fupplied , in a tolerable manner , the wants that were moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments , made ...
... use of fuch letters as we had for punches , founded new letters of lead in ma- trices of clay , and thus fupplied , in a tolerable manner , the wants that were moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments , made ...
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... use of this virtue , by seeing in the recital of my life the effects it operated in my favour . George Webb , having found a friend who lent him the neceffary fum to buy out his time of Keimer , came one day to offer himself to us as a ...
... use of this virtue , by seeing in the recital of my life the effects it operated in my favour . George Webb , having found a friend who lent him the neceffary fum to buy out his time of Keimer , came one day to offer himself to us as a ...
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... use his pen , thought it right to patronife and encourage me . The votes , laws , and other public pieces , were printed by Bradford . An addrefs of the houfe of affembly to the governor had been executed by him in a very coarfe and ...
... use his pen , thought it right to patronife and encourage me . The votes , laws , and other public pieces , were printed by Bradford . An addrefs of the houfe of affembly to the governor had been executed by him in a very coarfe and ...
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