The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 Seiten |
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... considerable a sum of money . My old comrade , Collins , who was a clerk in the post - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new residence , expressed a desire of going thither ; and , while I waited my father's determination ...
... considerable a sum of money . My old comrade , Collins , who was a clerk in the post - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new residence , expressed a desire of going thither ; and , while I waited my father's determination ...
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... considerable one , and we talked for some time upon books and authors . This was the second governor who had honoured me with his attention ; and to a poor boy , as I was then , these little adventures did not fail to be pleasing . We ...
... considerable one , and we talked for some time upon books and authors . This was the second governor who had honoured me with his attention ; and to a poor boy , as I was then , these little adventures did not fail to be pleasing . We ...
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... considerable merit . He then said , " Osborne will never acknowledge the smallest degree of excellence in any production of mine . Envy alone dictates to him a thousand ani- madversions . Of you , he is not so jealous : I wish ...
... considerable merit . He then said , " Osborne will never acknowledge the smallest degree of excellence in any production of mine . Envy alone dictates to him a thousand ani- madversions . Of you , he is not so jealous : I wish ...
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... considerable reputation as a barrister , and was getting money ; but he died young . Probably the Dunciad , where we find him thus immer talized by the author : Silence ye wolves , while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous ...
... considerable reputation as a barrister , and was getting money ; but he died young . Probably the Dunciad , where we find him thus immer talized by the author : Silence ye wolves , while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous ...
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... considerable intimacy between us . He expressed great esteem for me , came frequently to see me , in . order to converse upon metaphysical subjects , and introduced me to Dr. Mandeville , author of the Fa- ble of the Bees , who had ...
... considerable intimacy between us . He expressed great esteem for me , came frequently to see me , in . order to converse upon metaphysical subjects , and introduced me to Dr. Mandeville , author of the Fa- ble of the Bees , who had ...
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