The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: With His Life, Written by Himself |
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... kept by Mr. George Brownwell , who was a skilful master , and succeeded very
well in his profession by employing gentle means only , and such as were
calculated to encourage his scholars . Under him , I soon acquired an excellent
hand ...
... kept by Mr. George Brownwell , who was a skilful master , and succeeded very
well in his profession by employing gentle means only , and such as were
calculated to encourage his scholars . Under him , I soon acquired an excellent
hand ...
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The continual need of words of the same - meaning , but of different lengths for
the measure , or of different sounds for the rhy me , would have obliged me to
seek for a variety of synonymes , and have rendered me master of them . From
this ...
The continual need of words of the same - meaning , but of different lengths for
the measure , or of different sounds for the rhy me , would have obliged me to
seek for a variety of synonymes , and have rendered me master of them . From
this ...
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I also read a book of Navigation by Seller and Sturmy , and made myself master
of the little geometry it contains , but I never proceeded far in this science . Nearly
at the same time , I read Locke on the Human Understanding , and the Art of ...
I also read a book of Navigation by Seller and Sturmy , and made myself master
of the little geometry it contains , but I never proceeded far in this science . Nearly
at the same time , I read Locke on the Human Understanding , and the Art of ...
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... such performances was pretty completely exhausted , when I made myself
known . My brother , upon this discovery , began to entertain a little more respect
for me ; but he still regarded hims B self as my master , and treated me as an DR .
... such performances was pretty completely exhausted , when I made myself
known . My brother , upon this discovery , began to entertain a little more respect
for me ; but he still regarded hims B self as my master , and treated me as an DR .
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self as my master , and treated me as an apprentice . He thought himself entitled
to the same services from me as from any other person . On the contrary , I
conCeived that , in many instances , he was too rigorous , and that , on the part of
a ...
self as my master , and treated me as an apprentice . He thought himself entitled
to the same services from me as from any other person . On the contrary , I
conCeived that , in many instances , he was too rigorous , and that , on the part of
a ...
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