Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - 267 pages |
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... scholars of every faculty , cultivators of the earth , artisans , manufacturers , and fishermen , unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns , villages , or places , and in general all others whose occupations are for the common ...
... scholars of every faculty , cultivators of the earth , artisans , manufacturers , and fishermen , unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns , villages , or places , and in general all others whose occupations are for the common ...
Page 253
... scholar to be admitted into this school , be at least able to pronounce and divide the fyllables in reading , and to write a legible hand . None to be received that are under years of age , FIRST , OR LOWEST CLASS . Let the first clafs ...
... scholar to be admitted into this school , be at least able to pronounce and divide the fyllables in reading , and to write a legible hand . None to be received that are under years of age , FIRST , OR LOWEST CLASS . Let the first clafs ...
Page 254
... defect makes fome men , otherwife of good learning and under- ftanding , averfe to writing even a com- mon letter . Let the pieces read by the scholars in this clafs be fhort ; fuch as Croxal's fables and this 254 ESSAYS .
... defect makes fome men , otherwife of good learning and under- ftanding , averfe to writing even a com- mon letter . Let the pieces read by the scholars in this clafs be fhort ; fuch as Croxal's fables and this 254 ESSAYS .
Page 256
... scholars to ftudy them against the morning . Let it then be required of them , to give an ac- count , firft of the parts of fpeech , and conftruction of one or two fentences . This will oblige them to recur frequently to their grammar ...
... scholars to ftudy them against the morning . Let it then be required of them , to give an ac- count , firft of the parts of fpeech , and conftruction of one or two fentences . This will oblige them to recur frequently to their grammar ...
Page 259
... scholars of this clafs begin with learning the ele- ments of rhetoric from fome short sys tem , so as to be able to give an account of the most useful tropes and figures . Let all their bad habits of speaking , all offences S 2 offences ...
... scholars of this clafs begin with learning the ele- ments of rhetoric from fome short sys tem , so as to be able to give an account of the most useful tropes and figures . Let all their bad habits of speaking , all offences S 2 offences ...
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