The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boil . er and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he ...
... hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boil . er and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he ...
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... hand , and to construct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impressed on my imagination . My father at length decided that I should be a cut- ler , and I was placed for some ...
... hand , and to construct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impressed on my imagination . My father at length decided that I should be a cut- ler , and I was placed for some ...
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... hands , as it was then a point decided that I should not be educated for the church . There was also among my father's books , Plutarch's Lives , in which I read continually , and I still regard as ad- vantageously employed the time I ...
... hands , as it was then a point decided that I should not be educated for the church . There was also among my father's books , Plutarch's Lives , in which I read continually , and I still regard as ad- vantageously employed the time I ...
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... hands . This was a publication I had never seen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view I selected some ...
... hands . This was a publication I had never seen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view I selected some ...
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... hands , in which he recommends vegeta- ble diet . I determined to observe it . My brother be- ing a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his apprentices in a neighbouring family . My refus- ing to eat animal food was found ...
... hands , in which he recommends vegeta- ble diet . I determined to observe it . My brother be- ing a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his apprentices in a neighbouring family . My refus- ing to eat animal food was found ...
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