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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... produced upon an emergency : but that , to secure to my brother the benefit of my service , I fhould fign a new con ... produce the new contract . It was undoubtedly difhonorable to avail myself of this circumftance , and I reckon this ...
... produced upon an emergency : but that , to secure to my brother the benefit of my service , I fhould fign a new con ... produce the new contract . It was undoubtedly difhonorable to avail myself of this circumftance , and I reckon this ...
Page 39
... produced by the rocky fhore . We caft an- chor and veered the cable towards the fhore . Some men , who stood upon the brink , hallooed to us , while we did the fame on our part ; but the wind was fo high , and the waves fo noisy , that ...
... produced by the rocky fhore . We caft an- chor and veered the cable towards the fhore . Some men , who stood upon the brink , hallooed to us , while we did the fame on our part ; but the wind was fo high , and the waves fo noisy , that ...
Page 63
... produce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing . We fhall then fee in what man- ner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and immediately tranfcribed the verfes to prevent all ...
... produce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing . We fhall then fee in what man- ner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and immediately tranfcribed the verfes to prevent all ...
Page 64
... produced . It was read and re - read . Watson and Osborne immediately refigned the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alone made a few remarks , and proposed some alterations ; but I defended my text . Ofborne agreed with me and ...
... produced . It was read and re - read . Watson and Osborne immediately refigned the palm , and united in applauding it . Ralph alone made a few remarks , and proposed some alterations ; but I defended my text . Ofborne agreed with me and ...
Page 93
... produced on me an effect precifely the reverse of what was intended by the writers : for the arguments of the deifts , which were cited in order to be re- futed , appeared to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word ...
... produced on me an effect precifely the reverse of what was intended by the writers : for the arguments of the deifts , which were cited in order to be re- futed , appeared to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word ...
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