The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... piece , I placed it at night under the door of the print- ing house , where it was found the next morning . My ... pieces , which were equally approved ; keeping the secret till my slender stock of information and knowledge for such ...
... piece , I placed it at night under the door of the print- ing house , where it was found the next morning . My ... pieces , which were equally approved ; keeping the secret till my slender stock of information and knowledge for such ...
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... piece , and asked me what I thought of it . I expressed myself in terms of warm approbation ; because it really appeared to have considerable merit . He then said , " Osborne will never acknowledge the smallest degree of excellence in ...
... piece , and asked me what I thought of it . I expressed myself in terms of warm approbation ; because it really appeared to have considerable merit . He then said , " Osborne will never acknowledge the smallest degree of excellence in ...
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... piece must be produced . It was read and re - read . Watson and Osborne immediately resigned the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alone made a few remarks , and proposed some alterations ; but I de- fended my text . Osborne ...
... piece must be produced . It was read and re - read . Watson and Osborne immediately resigned the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alone made a few remarks , and proposed some alterations ; but I de- fended my text . Osborne ...
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... piece to his collection ; for which he paid me very handsomely . There lodged in the same house with us a young woman , a milliner , who had a shop by the side of the Exchange . Lively and sensible , and having received an education ...
... piece to his collection ; for which he paid me very handsomely . There lodged in the same house with us a young woman , a milliner , who had a shop by the side of the Exchange . Lively and sensible , and having received an education ...
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... piece , upon a slice of bread and butter , with half a pint of ale between us . But the entertainment was in her conversation . The early hours I kept , and the little trouble I oc- casioned in the family , made her loth to part with me ...
... piece , upon a slice of bread and butter , with half a pint of ale between us . But the entertainment was in her conversation . The early hours I kept , and the little trouble I oc- casioned in the family , made her loth to part with me ...
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