The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: With His Life, Written by HimselfJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... wish , likewise , if it were in my power , to change some trivial incidents and events for others more favourable . Were this , however , denied me , still would I not decline the offer . But since a re- petition of life cannot take ...
... wish , likewise , if it were in my power , to change some trivial incidents and events for others more favourable . Were this , however , denied me , still would I not decline the offer . But since a re- petition of life cannot take ...
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... wish that intelligent and well - meaning men would not themselves diminish the power they possess of being useful , by a positive and presumptuous manner of expressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to disgust the hearer , and ...
... wish that intelligent and well - meaning men would not themselves diminish the power they possess of being useful , by a positive and presumptuous manner of expressing themselves , which scarcely ever fails to disgust the hearer , and ...
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... wish , therefore , you would take the verses , and produce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing We shall then see in what manner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and ...
... wish , therefore , you would take the verses , and produce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing We shall then see in what manner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and ...
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... wish to have nothing to do with him or his letters . " He instantly put the letter into my hand , turned upon his heel , and left me , to serve some customers . I was astonished at finding these letters were not from the Governor ...
... wish to have nothing to do with him or his letters . " He instantly put the letter into my hand , turned upon his heel , and left me , to serve some customers . I was astonished at finding these letters were not from the Governor ...
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... wish to put him to no farther inconvenience . I see that I am not at all calculated for a printer ; I was educated as a farmer , and it was absurd in me to come here , at thirty years of age , and bind myself apprentice to a new trade ...
... wish to put him to no farther inconvenience . I see that I am not at all calculated for a printer ; I was educated as a farmer , and it was absurd in me to come here , at thirty years of age , and bind myself apprentice to a new trade ...
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