THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; CONTAINING SEVERAL POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FORMER EDITION AND MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED WITH NOTES AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.1844 |
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... gave the success . My belief of this induces me to hope , though I must not presume , that the same goodness will still be exercised towards me in continuing that happiness , or enabling me to bear a fatal reverse , which I may ...
... gave the success . My belief of this induces me to hope , though I must not presume , that the same goodness will still be exercised towards me in continuing that happiness , or enabling me to bear a fatal reverse , which I may ...
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... of Defoe's , called An Essay on Projects , and another of Dr. Mather's , called An Essay to do Good , which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future events of LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 15.
... of Defoe's , called An Essay on Projects , and another of Dr. Mather's , called An Essay to do Good , which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future events of LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 15.
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... gave offence to the Assembly . He was taken up , censured , and imprison- ed for a month by the Speaker's warrant , I suppose because he would not discover the author . I too was taken up and examined before the Council ; but , 24 LIFE ...
... gave offence to the Assembly . He was taken up , censured , and imprison- ed for a month by the Speaker's warrant , I suppose because he would not discover the author . I too was taken up and examined before the Council ; but , 24 LIFE ...
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... gave me a dinner of ox - cheek with great good will , accepting only of a pot of ale in return ; and I thought myself fixed till Tuesday should come . However , walking in the evening by the side of the river , a boat came by , which I ...
... gave me a dinner of ox - cheek with great good will , accepting only of a pot of ale in return ; and I thought myself fixed till Tuesday should come . However , walking in the evening by the side of the river , a boat came by , which I ...
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... gave to the boatmen for my passage . At first they refused it , on account of my having rowed , but I insisted on their taking it . Man is sometimes more generous when he has little money , than when he has plenty ; perhaps to prevent ...
... gave to the boatmen for my passage . At first they refused it , on account of my having rowed , but I insisted on their taking it . Man is sometimes more generous when he has little money , than when he has plenty ; perhaps to prevent ...
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