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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... turning actor ; but Wilkes , to whom he applied , frankly advised him to renounce the idea , as it was impossible he could succeed . He next proposed to Roberts , a bookseller in Paternos- ter - row , to write a weekly paper in the ...
... turning actor ; but Wilkes , to whom he applied , frankly advised him to renounce the idea , as it was impossible he could succeed . He next proposed to Roberts , a bookseller in Paternos- ter - row , to write a weekly paper in the ...
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... turn ; and he that came , commonly brought with him a friend or two to bear him company . My mind was more cultivated by reading than Keimer's ; and it was for this reason , probably , that they set more value on my conversation . They ...
... turn ; and he that came , commonly brought with him a friend or two to bear him company . My mind was more cultivated by reading than Keimer's ; and it was for this reason , probably , that they set more value on my conversation . They ...
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... turn of different tenets , according as I found them combated in the different books that I read , I began to doubt of revelation itself . Some vo- lumes against deism fell into my hands . They were said to be the substance of sermons ...
... turn of different tenets , according as I found them combated in the different books that I read , I began to doubt of revelation itself . Some vo- lumes against deism fell into my hands . They were said to be the substance of sermons ...
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... understandings . We met every Friday evening . The regulations I drew up , obliged every member to propose , in his turn , one or more questions upon some point of me- rality , politics , or philosophy , which were to 72 LIFE OF.
... understandings . We met every Friday evening . The regulations I drew up , obliged every member to propose , in his turn , one or more questions upon some point of me- rality , politics , or philosophy , which were to 72 LIFE OF.
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... turn , enjoyed these ad- vantages , by being appointed post - master of Philadel phia , in 1737. Bradford , while in office , had acted ungenerously toward Franklin , preventing , as much as possible , the circulation of his paper . He ...
... turn , enjoyed these ad- vantages , by being appointed post - master of Philadel phia , in 1737. Bradford , while in office , had acted ungenerously toward Franklin , preventing , as much as possible , the circulation of his paper . He ...
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