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 31
... use , when I advanced any propofition which might be controverted , of the words certainly , undoubt- edly , or any others that might give the appearance of being obftinately attached to my opinion . rather faid , I imagine , I fuppofe ...
... use , when I advanced any propofition which might be controverted , of the words certainly , undoubt- edly , or any others that might give the appearance of being obftinately attached to my opinion . rather faid , I imagine , I fuppofe ...
Page 78
... uses , referving to herself only twelve pounds a year ; and of this pittance she gave a part to the poor , living on water - gruel , and never making use of fire but to boil it . She had lived in this garret a great many years , with ...
... uses , referving to herself only twelve pounds a year ; and of this pittance she gave a part to the poor , living on water - gruel , and never making use of fire but to boil it . She had lived in this garret a great many years , with ...
Page 88
... use of such letters as we had for punches , founded new let- ters of lead in matrices of clay , and thus fuppli- ed , in a tolerable manner , the wants that were moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments ...
... use of such letters as we had for punches , founded new let- ters of lead in matrices of clay , and thus fuppli- ed , in a tolerable manner , the wants that were moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments ...
Page 100
... use of this virtue , by feeing in the recital of my life the effects it operated in my favour . George Webb , having found a friend who lent him the neceffary fum to buy out his time of Keimer , came one day to offer himself to us as a ...
... use of this virtue , by feeing in the recital of my life the effects it operated in my favour . George Webb , having found a friend who lent him the neceffary fum to buy out his time of Keimer , came one day to offer himself to us as a ...
Page 102
... use his pen , thought it right to patronife and encourage me . The votes , laws , and other public pieces , were printed by Bradford . An addrefs of the house of affembly to the governor had been executed by him in a very coarfe and ...
... use his pen , thought it right to patronife and encourage me . The votes , laws , and other public pieces , were printed by Bradford . An addrefs of the house of affembly to the governor had been executed by him in a very coarfe and ...
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