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 Spectator. In Two Volumes. ...G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 |
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... opinion on the minds of others , and perfuade them to the adoption of the measures I have fuggefted . And since the chief ends of converfation are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to perfuade , I could with that intelligent ...
... opinion on the minds of others , and perfuade them to the adoption of the measures I have fuggefted . And since the chief ends of converfation are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to perfuade , I could with that intelligent ...
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... opinions , modeft and fenfible men , who do not love difputation , will leave you in tranquil poffeffion of your errors ... opinion , with less propriety . It is this : For want of modesty is want of sense . If If you ask why I fay with ...
... opinions , modeft and fenfible men , who do not love difputation , will leave you in tranquil poffeffion of your errors ... opinion , with less propriety . It is this : For want of modesty is want of sense . If If you ask why I fay with ...
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... opinion that we must have passed it , and were unwilling to row any farther ; the rest not know- ing where we were , it was refolved that we should stop . We drew towards the fhore , entered a creek , and landed near some old palifades ...
... opinion that we must have passed it , and were unwilling to row any farther ; the rest not know- ing where we were , it was refolved that we should stop . We drew towards the fhore , entered a creek , and landed near some old palifades ...
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