The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... successful .-- They may also , should they ever be placed in a si- milar situation , derive some advantage from my nar- rative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to myself , that ...
... successful .-- They may also , should they ever be placed in a si- milar situation , derive some advantage from my nar- rative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to myself , that ...
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... success . My faith , in this respect , leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the Divine goodness will still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the dura- tion of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv ...
... success . My faith , in this respect , leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the Divine goodness will still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the dura- tion of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv ...
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... em- " ployment , by assiduous labour and honest industry , " decently supported a numerous family , and educa- " ted with success , thirteen children , and seven grand- " children . Let this example , reader , encourage 18 LIFE OF.
... em- " ployment , by assiduous labour and honest industry , " decently supported a numerous family , and educa- " ted with success , thirteen children , and seven grand- " children . Let this example , reader , encourage 18 LIFE OF.
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... success : but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my pro- ductions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfortune of being a very wretched poet . But as the faculty of writing prose has ...
... success : but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my pro- ductions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfortune of being a very wretched poet . But as the faculty of writing prose has ...
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... success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also Rich ardson in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of the coast where it was not possible to land , on account of ...
... success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also Rich ardson in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of the coast where it was not possible to land , on account of ...
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