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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... natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tirefome to thofe , who , from refpect to my age , might think them- felves obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at ...
... natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tirefome to thofe , who , from refpect to my age , might think them- felves obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at ...
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... and affirmed that the task was beyond their capacity . I maintained the oppofite opinion , a little per- haps for the pleasure of difputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from 26 LIFE OF.
... and affirmed that the task was beyond their capacity . I maintained the oppofite opinion , a little per- haps for the pleasure of difputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from 26 LIFE OF.
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... naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myfelf vanquished , more by the volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point ...
... naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myfelf vanquished , more by the volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point ...
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... natural pretext . When he knew that it was my determination to quit him , he wifhed to prevent my finding employment elsewhere . He went to all the printing houfes in the town , and prejudiced the mafters against me ; who accordingly ...
... natural pretext . When he knew that it was my determination to quit him , he wifhed to prevent my finding employment elsewhere . He went to all the printing houfes in the town , and prejudiced the mafters against me ; who accordingly ...
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... natural philofophy , to be conveyed with mine to New- York , where he purposed to wait for me . My father , though he could not approve Sir William's propofal , was yet pleafed that I had obtained fo advantageous a recommendation as ...
... natural philofophy , to be conveyed with mine to New- York , where he purposed to wait for me . My father , though he could not approve Sir William's propofal , was yet pleafed that I had obtained fo advantageous a recommendation as ...
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