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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... importance , I had been fortunate enough to improve the order of thought or the style ; and this encouraged me to hope that I fhould fucceed , in time , in writing the English language , which was one of the great objects o my ambition ...
... importance , I had been fortunate enough to improve the order of thought or the style ; and this encouraged me to hope that I fhould fucceed , in time , in writing the English language , which was one of the great objects o my ambition ...
Page 52
... important an enterprise , and which would require fo confiderable a fum of money . My old comrade Collins , who was a clerk in the poft - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new refidence , expressed a defire of going ...
... important an enterprise , and which would require fo confiderable a fum of money . My old comrade Collins , who was a clerk in the poft - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new refidence , expressed a defire of going ...
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... important affairs . But Sir William , upon reading his let- ter , thought him too prudent . There was a dif- ference , he said , between individuals : years of maturity were not always accompanied with dif- cretion , neither was youth ...
... important affairs . But Sir William , upon reading his let- ter , thought him too prudent . There was a dif- ference , he said , between individuals : years of maturity were not always accompanied with dif- cretion , neither was youth ...
Page 61
... importance the ad- vice commonly given , of introducing gradually fuch alterations of regimen . I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer fuffered terribly . Tired of the project , he fighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ...
... importance the ad- vice commonly given , of introducing gradually fuch alterations of regimen . I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer fuffered terribly . Tired of the project , he fighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ...
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... importance , but that he would fend the letters on board , and that he wished me , with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I returned , fomewhat aftonished , to the fhip , but ftill without enter- taining the flightest ...
... importance , but that he would fend the letters on board , and that he wished me , with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I returned , fomewhat aftonished , to the fhip , but ftill without enter- taining the flightest ...
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