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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... lived in vain , and that all the useful and virtuous fhall meet in a better . country beyond the grave . “ Dr. Franklin , in the last letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , obferves , that it has been ...
... lived in vain , and that all the useful and virtuous fhall meet in a better . country beyond the grave . “ Dr. Franklin , in the last letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , obferves , that it has been ...
Page 11
... lived in the fame village ( Eaton in Northamptonshire ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space at leaft of three hun- dred years . How long they had refided there prior to that period , my uncle had been unable DR ...
... lived in the fame village ( Eaton in Northamptonshire ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space at leaft of three hun- dred years . How long they had refided there prior to that period , my uncle had been unable DR ...
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... lived together with reciprocal affection for fif- " ty - nine years ; and without private fortune , " without lucrative employment , by affiduous la- " bour and honeft induftry , decently fupported " a numerous family , and educated ...
... lived together with reciprocal affection for fif- " ty - nine years ; and without private fortune , " without lucrative employment , by affiduous la- " bour and honeft induftry , decently fupported " a numerous family , and educated ...
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... lived with my father , books of religious controverfy . I have fince remarked , that men of fenfe feldom fall into this error ; lawyers , fellows of universities , and perfons of every profeffion educated at Edin- burgh , excepted ...
... lived with my father , books of religious controverfy . I have fince remarked , that men of fenfe feldom fall into this error ; lawyers , fellows of universities , and perfons of every profeffion educated at Edin- burgh , excepted ...
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... lived with my father , he had infifted on my punctual attendance on public worship , and I ftill indeed confidered it as a duty , but a duty which I thought I had no time to practife . When about fixteen years of age , a work of Tryon ...
... lived with my father , he had infifted on my punctual attendance on public worship , and I ftill indeed confidered it as a duty , but a duty which I thought I had no time to practife . When about fixteen years of age , a work of Tryon ...
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