The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 Seiten |
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... consequently engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary o fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as 7 D LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 73.
... consequently engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary o fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as 7 D LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 73.
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... - ments , made ink , gave an eye to the shop ; in short , I was in every respect the factotum . But useful as I made myself , I perceived that my ser- Ι • vices became every day of less importance , in LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 79.
... - ments , made ink , gave an eye to the shop ; in short , I was in every respect the factotum . But useful as I made myself , I perceived that my ser- Ι • vices became every day of less importance , in LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 79.
Seite 80
... less importance , in proportion as the other men improved : and when Keimer paid me my second quarter's wages , he gave me to understand they were too heavy , and that he thought I ought to make an abatement . He became by degrees less ...
... less importance , in proportion as the other men improved : and when Keimer paid me my second quarter's wages , he gave me to understand they were too heavy , and that he thought I ought to make an abatement . He became by degrees less ...
Seite 84
... less favorable opinion of my London pamphlet , to which I had prefixed , as a motto , the follow- ing lines of Dryden : Whatever is is right ; though purblind man Sees but part of the chain , the nearest link , His eyes not carrying to ...
... less favorable opinion of my London pamphlet , to which I had prefixed , as a motto , the follow- ing lines of Dryden : Whatever is is right ; though purblind man Sees but part of the chain , the nearest link , His eyes not carrying to ...
Seite 85
... less a work as I had formerly imagined ; and I suspected that some error must have impercep- tibly glided into my argument , by which all the inferences I had drawn from it had been affected , as frequently happens in metaphysical ...
... less a work as I had formerly imagined ; and I suspected that some error must have impercep- tibly glided into my argument , by which all the inferences I had drawn from it had been affected , as frequently happens in metaphysical ...
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