The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... say , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his appren- ticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and settled in business on his own account at Rhode Island , I ...
... say , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his appren- ticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and settled in business on his own account at Rhode Island , I ...
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... say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . Now , want of sense , when a man has the misfor-- tune to be so circumstanced , is it not a ...
... say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . Now , want of sense , when a man has the misfor-- tune to be so circumstanced , is it not a ...
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... say , that a young man , who was a passenger in his ship , had a great number of books , begged him to bring me to his house . I ac- cordingly went , and should have taken Collins with me , had he been sober . The Governor treated me ...
... say , that a young man , who was a passenger in his ship , had a great number of books , begged him to bring me to his house . I ac- cordingly went , and should have taken Collins with me , had he been sober . The Governor treated me ...
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... say voluntary , because the errors into which I had fallen , had been , in a manner , the forced result either of my own inex- perience , or the dishonesty of others Thus , before I entered on my own new career , I had imbibed solid ...
... say voluntary , because the errors into which I had fallen , had been , in a manner , the forced result either of my own inex- perience , or the dishonesty of others Thus , before I entered on my own new career , I had imbibed solid ...
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... note in the file of the American Mercury , preserved in the Philadelphia library , says , that Franklia wrote the first five numbers , and part of the eighth . Assembly to the Governor , had been executed by him 76 LIFE OF.
... note in the file of the American Mercury , preserved in the Philadelphia library , says , that Franklia wrote the first five numbers , and part of the eighth . Assembly to the Governor , had been executed by him 76 LIFE OF.
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