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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... things of his own . As soon as Mr. Jeffries recovered , he likewise went into the country . In the mean time his son , Dr. John Jeffries , adhering to the side of the loyalists , did not choose to accompany his father , but remained in ...
... things of his own . As soon as Mr. Jeffries recovered , he likewise went into the country . In the mean time his son , Dr. John Jeffries , adhering to the side of the loyalists , did not choose to accompany his father , but remained in ...
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... my own vanity . Indeed , I never heard or saw the introductory words , " Without vanity I may say , " & c . , but some vain thing immediately followed . Most people dislike vanity in others , whatever share they 2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... my own vanity . Indeed , I never heard or saw the introductory words , " Without vanity I may say , " & c . , but some vain thing immediately followed . Most people dislike vanity in others , whatever share they 2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... thing of the kind ; so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those matters , as to be quite indifferent what kind of food was set before me . Indeed , I am so unobservant of it , that to this day I can scarce tell a few ...
... thing of the kind ; so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those matters , as to be quite indifferent what kind of food was set before me . Indeed , I am so unobservant of it , that to this day I can scarce tell a few ...
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JARED SPARKS. 629 procured Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates , wherein there are many examples of the same ... thing to be so and so ; It appears to me , or I should not think it , so or so , for such and such reasons ; or , I ...
JARED SPARKS. 629 procured Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates , wherein there are many examples of the same ... thing to be so and so ; It appears to me , or I should not think it , so or so , for such and such reasons ; or , I ...
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... things unknown proposed as things forgot . " He also recommends it to us " To speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence . " And he might have joined with this line , that which he has coupled with another , I think , less properly ...
... things unknown proposed as things forgot . " He also recommends it to us " To speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence . " And he might have joined with this line , that which he has coupled with another , I think , less properly ...
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