The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin;: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself: : Together with Essays Humorous, Moral, and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, Volume 1 |
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Page 7
... able to make no additions to it , It is with a melancholy regret I think of his death ; but to death we are all bound by the irreversible order of nature , and in looking for- ward to it , there is comfort in being able to reflect that ...
... able to make no additions to it , It is with a melancholy regret I think of his death ; but to death we are all bound by the irreversible order of nature , and in looking for- ward to it , there is comfort in being able to reflect that ...
Page 12
... able for their livelihoods " to make a jury in form aforementioned . " Old Tranflation . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a Franklin , and , after defcribing his good housekeeping , thus characterises him : This worthy Franklin ...
... able for their livelihoods " to make a jury in form aforementioned . " Old Tranflation . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a Franklin , and , after defcribing his good housekeeping , thus characterises him : This worthy Franklin ...
Page 23
... able to make little things for myself when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to conftruct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and ftrongly impreffed on my imagination . ୮ My father at ...
... able to make little things for myself when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to conftruct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and ftrongly impreffed on my imagination . ୮ My father at ...
Page 29
... able to fave half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages refulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen ' left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and dispatching my ...
... able to fave half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages refulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen ' left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and dispatching my ...
Page 37
... able to gratify it ; but having another trade , and believing myself to be a tolerable workman , I hefitated not to offer my fervices to the old M. William Bradford , who had been the first printer E in Pennsylvania , but had quitted ...
... able to gratify it ; but having another trade , and believing myself to be a tolerable workman , I hefitated not to offer my fervices to the old M. William Bradford , who had been the first printer E in Pennsylvania , but had quitted ...
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