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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... thought myfelf vanquished , more by the volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point : and as we were not to fee each other again for fome time , I committed my thoughts to ...
... thought myfelf vanquished , more by the volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point : and as we were not to fee each other again for fome time , I committed my thoughts to ...
Page 28
... thought I should by that time have acquired , had I continued to make verfes . The continual need of words of the fame meaning , but of different lengths for the measure , or of different sounds for the rhyme , would have obliged me to ...
... thought I should by that time have acquired , had I continued to make verfes . The continual need of words of the fame meaning , but of different lengths for the measure , or of different sounds for the rhyme , would have obliged me to ...
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... thought I had no time to practife . When about fixteen years of age , a work of Tryon fell in my hands , in which he recommends vegetable diet . I determined to obferve it . My brother being a bachelor , did not keep house , But boarded ...
... thought I had no time to practife . When about fixteen years of age , a work of Tryon fell in my hands , in which he recommends vegetable diet . I determined to obferve it . My brother being a bachelor , did not keep house , But boarded ...
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... thought himself entitled to the fame fervices from me as from any other perfon . On the contrary , I conceived that , in many inftances , he was too rigorous , and that on the part of a brother , I had a right to expect greater ...
... thought himself entitled to the fame fervices from me as from any other perfon . On the contrary , I conceived that , in many inftances , he was too rigorous , and that on the part of a brother , I had a right to expect greater ...
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... refult from this step , thought it better that it should in future be printed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ; and to avoid the cenfure of the affembly , who * might charge him with ftill printing the paper himself DR . FRANKLIN . 85.
... refult from this step , thought it better that it should in future be printed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ; and to avoid the cenfure of the affembly , who * might charge him with ftill printing the paper himself DR . FRANKLIN . 85.
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