The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they please . In fine , and I may as well avow it , since nobody would believe me were I to deny it- I shall , perhaps , by this employment , gratify my vani- ty ...
... obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they please . In fine , and I may as well avow it , since nobody would believe me were I to deny it- I shall , perhaps , by this employment , gratify my vani- ty ...
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... obliged me to seek for a variety of synonymes , and have rendered me master of them . From this belief , I took some of the tales of the Spectator and turned them into verse ; and , after a time , when I had sufficiently forgotten them ...
... obliged me to seek for a variety of synonymes , and have rendered me master of them . From this belief , I took some of the tales of the Spectator and turned them into verse ; and , after a time , when I had sufficiently forgotten them ...
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... obliged to pump without intermission ; I took my turn . We arrived , however , safe and sound , at Boston , after about a fortnight's passage . I had been absent seven complete months , and my relations , during the interval , had ...
... obliged to pump without intermission ; I took my turn . We arrived , however , safe and sound , at Boston , after about a fortnight's passage . I had been absent seven complete months , and my relations , during the interval , had ...
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... obliging forwardness in rendering the quaker some trifling services , which led her , probably , to feel an interest in my welfare ; for when she saw a familiarity take place , and every day increase , between the two young women and me ...
... obliging forwardness in rendering the quaker some trifling services , which led her , probably , to feel an interest in my welfare ; for when she saw a familiarity take place , and every day increase , between the two young women and me ...
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... obliged to pay his expenses at the inn , and to maintain him during the rest of his journey ; a burthen that was very inconvenient to me . The Governor of New - York , whose name was Ber- net , hearing the Captain say , that a young man ...
... obliged to pay his expenses at the inn , and to maintain him during the rest of his journey ; a burthen that was very inconvenient to me . The Governor of New - York , whose name was Ber- net , hearing the Captain say , that a young man ...
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