The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... nar- rative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to myself , that were the offer made true , I would engage to run again , from beginning to end , the same career of life .
... nar- rative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to myself , that were the offer made true , I would engage to run again , from beginning to end , the same career of life .
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... frequently disturbed , some considerable persons of his acquaintance determined to go to America , where they hoped to enjoy the free exercise of their religion , and my father was prevail- ed on to accompany them . My father had also ...
... frequently disturbed , some considerable persons of his acquaintance determined to go to America , where they hoped to enjoy the free exercise of their religion , and my father was prevail- ed on to accompany them . My father had also ...
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... frequent opportunities of venturing myself both upon and within it , and I soon acquired the art of swimming and of manageing a boat . When embark- ed with other children , the helm was commonly de- puted to me , particularly on ...
... frequent opportunities of venturing myself both upon and within it , and I soon acquired the art of swimming and of manageing a boat . When embark- ed with other children , the helm was commonly de- puted to me , particularly on ...
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... frequent practice in an evening , when the labours of the day were finished , it was truly delightful to hear him . He ... frequently to come and ask his advice re- specting the affairs of the town , or of the chu ch to which he belonged ...
... frequent practice in an evening , when the labours of the day were finished , it was truly delightful to hear him . He ... frequently to come and ask his advice re- specting the affairs of the town , or of the chu ch to which he belonged ...
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... frequently engaged in dispute , and were indeed so fond of argu- mentation , that nothing was so agreeable to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would ob serve by the by , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and ...
... frequently engaged in dispute , and were indeed so fond of argu- mentation , that nothing was so agreeable to us as a war of words . This contentious temper , I would ob serve by the by , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and ...
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