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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... most unre- ferved fincerity , and without any false colouring or ornament . We fee , in every page , that the author examined his fubject with the eye of a mafter , and related no incidents , the springs and origin of which he did not ...
... most unre- ferved fincerity , and without any false colouring or ornament . We fee , in every page , that the author examined his fubject with the eye of a mafter , and related no incidents , the springs and origin of which he did not ...
Page 27
... at the book endeavoured to restore the effays to their true form , and to express each thought at length , as it was in the riginal , employing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards com- pared DR . FRANKLIN .
... at the book endeavoured to restore the effays to their true form , and to express each thought at length , as it was in the riginal , employing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards com- pared DR . FRANKLIN .
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... most embarraffing to thofe against whom I employed it . It foon afforded me fingular pleafure ; I inceffantly practifed it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from perfons of fuperior un- derstanding , conceffions of which they ...
... most embarraffing to thofe against whom I employed it . It foon afforded me fingular pleafure ; I inceffantly practifed it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from perfons of fuperior un- derstanding , conceffions of which they ...
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... most interesting paffages , finds himself admitted as it were into the com- pany , and prefent at the converfation . De Foe has imitated it with fuccefs in his Robinson Crufoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also has ...
... most interesting paffages , finds himself admitted as it were into the com- pany , and prefent at the converfation . De Foe has imitated it with fuccefs in his Robinson Crufoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also has ...
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... most affable , familiar , and friendly manner imaginable . Towards the end of April 1724 , a small vessel was ready to fail for Boston . I took leave of Keimer , upon the pretext of going to see my parents . The governor gave me a long ...
... most affable , familiar , and friendly manner imaginable . Towards the end of April 1724 , a small vessel was ready to fail for Boston . I took leave of Keimer , upon the pretext of going to see my parents . The governor gave me a long ...
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