The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... minds of his children . By this means he early attracted our at- tention to what was just , prudent and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never discussed whether they were ...
... minds of his children . By this means he early attracted our at- tention to what was just , prudent and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never discussed whether they were ...
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... mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived some faults , which I corrected ; but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may so express myself , and a facility of recollecting and employing them ...
... mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived some faults , which I corrected ; but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may so express myself , and a facility of recollecting and employing them ...
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... minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I have suggested . And since the chief ends of conversation are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to persuade , I could wish that intelligent and well ...
... minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I have suggested . And since the chief ends of conversation are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to persuade , I could wish that intelligent and well ...
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... mind that aversion to arbitrary power , which , during my whole life , I have ever preserved . My apprentice- ship became insupportable to me , and I continually sighed for an opportunity of shortening it , which at length unexpectedly ...
... mind that aversion to arbitrary power , which , during my whole life , I have ever preserved . My apprentice- ship became insupportable to me , and I continually sighed for an opportunity of shortening it , which at length unexpectedly ...
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... mind had been by the recollection of the blows I had received . Exclusive of his passionate treatment to me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had too much im- pertinence no to afford it a very ...
... mind had been by the recollection of the blows I had received . Exclusive of his passionate treatment to me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had too much im- pertinence no to afford it a very ...
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