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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... occasion , to some of them ; and they have continued ever fince their efteem for me . Before I relate the particulars of my entrance into business , it may be proper to inform you what was at that time the ftate of my mind as to moral ...
... occasion , to some of them ; and they have continued ever fince their efteem for me . Before I relate the particulars of my entrance into business , it may be proper to inform you what was at that time the ftate of my mind as to moral ...
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... occasion of it , when I faw the fun just rifing above the horizon , from whence he poured his rays plentifully into my chamber , my domestic having negligently omitted the preceding evening to close the shut-- ters . I looked at my ...
... occasion of it , when I faw the fun just rifing above the horizon , from whence he poured his rays plentifully into my chamber , my domestic having negligently omitted the preceding evening to close the shut-- ters . I looked at my ...
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... occasion to imprefs captains , lieutenants , fecond lieutenants , midshipmen , purfers , nor many other officers . Why , but that the profits of their places , or the emolu ments expected , are fufficient inducements ? The business then ...
... occasion to imprefs captains , lieutenants , fecond lieutenants , midshipmen , purfers , nor many other officers . Why , but that the profits of their places , or the emolu ments expected , are fufficient inducements ? The business then ...
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