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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... this acquirement , and the en- couragement of his friends , who affured him that I fhould one day certainly become a man of let * Town in the Ifland of Nantucket . ters , confirmed him in this defign . My uncle DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
... this acquirement , and the en- couragement of his friends , who affured him that I fhould one day certainly become a man of let * Town in the Ifland of Nantucket . ters , confirmed him in this defign . My uncle DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
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... town to fell them . The firit had a prodigious run , becaufe the event was recent , and had made a great noise . My vanity was flattered by this fuccefs ; but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my productions , and telling ...
... town to fell them . The firit had a prodigious run , becaufe the event was recent , and had made a great noise . My vanity was flattered by this fuccefs ; but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my productions , and telling ...
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... town another young man , a great lover of books , of the name of John Col- lins , with whom I was intimately connected . We frequently engaged in difpute , and were indeed fo fond of argumentation , that nothing was fo agreeable to us ...
... town another young man , a great lover of books , of the name of John Col- lins , with whom I was intimately connected . We frequently engaged in difpute , and were indeed fo fond of argumentation , that nothing was fo agreeable to us ...
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... town , and prejudiced the mafters against me ; who accordingly refused to employ me . The idea then fuggefted itfelf to me of going to New - York , the neareft town in which there was a printing - office . Farther red tion confirmed me ...
... town , and prejudiced the mafters against me ; who accordingly refused to employ me . The idea then fuggefted itfelf to me of going to New - York , the neareft town in which there was a printing - office . Farther red tion confirmed me ...
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... ; for there was no town in Eng- land , or indeed in Europe , of which he could not give a particular account . He was neither deficient in understanding nor literature , but he was a fad infidel ; and , fome years after 49 LIFE OF.
... ; for there was no town in Eng- land , or indeed in Europe , of which he could not give a particular account . He was neither deficient in understanding nor literature , but he was a fad infidel ; and , fome years after 49 LIFE OF.
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