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 26
... observe by the bye , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and frequently renders a man's company infupporta- ble , as being no otherwife capable of indulgence than by indifcriminate contradiction . Indepen- dently of the acrimony ...
... observe by the bye , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit , and frequently renders a man's company infupporta- ble , as being no otherwife capable of indulgence than by indifcriminate contradiction . Indepen- dently of the acrimony ...
Page 27
... observed , that though I had the advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , I was greatly his inferior in elegance of expreffion , in arrangement , and perfpicuity . Of this he convinced ...
... observed , that though I had the advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , I was greatly his inferior in elegance of expreffion , in arrangement , and perfpicuity . Of this he convinced ...
Page 43
... observed me , and thought , with rea- fon , that I made a very fingular and grotesque appearance . other . I then turned the corner , and went through Chefnut - ftreet , eating my roll all the way ; and having made this round , I found ...
... observed me , and thought , with rea- fon , that I made a very fingular and grotesque appearance . other . I then turned the corner , and went through Chefnut - ftreet , eating my roll all the way ; and having made this round , I found ...
Page 60
... fancy was the more agreeable to me , as it turned to good account ; for the whole expence of our living did not exceed for each eighteen - pence a week . 2 I have fince that period observed several Lents with the бо LIFE OF.
... fancy was the more agreeable to me , as it turned to good account ; for the whole expence of our living did not exceed for each eighteen - pence a week . 2 I have fince that period observed several Lents with the бо LIFE OF.
Page 61
... observed several Lents with the greateft ftrictnefs , and have fuddenly returned again to my ordinary diet , without ex- periencing the fmalleft inconvenience ; which has led me to regard as of no importance the ad- vice commonly given ...
... observed several Lents with the greateft ftrictnefs , and have fuddenly returned again to my ordinary diet , without ex- periencing the fmalleft inconvenience ; which has led me to regard as of no importance the ad- vice commonly given ...
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