The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... employing myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natural in old men , to talk of themselves and their ... employed , and that has crowned them with success . My faith , in this respect , leads me to hope , though I cannot ...
... employing myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natural in old men , to talk of themselves and their ... employed , and that has crowned them with success . My faith , in this respect , leads me to hope , though I cannot ...
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... employing gentle means only , and such as were calculated to encourage his scholars . Under him , I soon acquired an ... employ- ed in cutting the wicks , filling the moulds , taking care of the shop , carrying messages , & c . This ...
... employing gentle means only , and such as were calculated to encourage his scholars . Under him , I soon acquired an ... employ- ed in cutting the wicks , filling the moulds , taking care of the shop , carrying messages , & c . This ...
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... employed in the duties of his profession , But well I remember , that the leading men of the place used frequently to come and ask his advice re- specting the affairs of the town , or of the chu ch to which he belonged , and that they ...
... employed in the duties of his profession , But well I remember , that the leading men of the place used frequently to come and ask his advice re- specting the affairs of the town , or of the chu ch to which he belonged , and that they ...
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... employed in my fa- ther's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his appren- ticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being ...
... employed in my fa- ther's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his appren- ticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being ...
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... employed the time I devoted to them . I found , besides , a work of De Foe's , entitled an Essay on Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impressions that have since influenced some of the principal events of my life . My ...
... employed the time I devoted to them . I found , besides , a work of De Foe's , entitled an Essay on Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impressions that have since influenced some of the principal events of my life . My ...
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