Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator... |
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... seeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of confiderable benefit , to have acquired thereby fuffi- cient knowledge to be able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct ...
... seeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of confiderable benefit , to have acquired thereby fuffi- cient knowledge to be able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct ...
Page 29
... see me engaged with my bro- ther . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered myself to be perfuaded , and figned my indentures , being then only twelve years of age . It was agreed that I fhould ferve as ap- prentice ...
... see me engaged with my bro- ther . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered myself to be perfuaded , and figned my indentures , being then only twelve years of age . It was agreed that I fhould ferve as ap- prentice ...
Page 77
... my pocket . This was a curiofity to which they were not accustomed , paper being the current money at Boston . I failed not after this to let them see my watch ; watch ; and at laft , my brother conti nuing DR . FRANKLIN . 77.
... my pocket . This was a curiofity to which they were not accustomed , paper being the current money at Boston . I failed not after this to let them see my watch ; watch ; and at laft , my brother conti nuing DR . FRANKLIN . 77.
Page 80
... Seeing no appearance of accom-- . modating matters between my brother and me , he confented to my return to Philadelphia , advised me to be civil to every body , to endeavour to obtain ge- neral esteem , and avoid fatire and far- cafm ...
... Seeing no appearance of accom-- . modating matters between my brother and me , he confented to my return to Philadelphia , advised me to be civil to every body , to endeavour to obtain ge- neral esteem , and avoid fatire and far- cafm ...
Page 104
... great civility , told me on the part of the governor that he could not see me then , as he was engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would 8 would fend the letters on board , and that he 104 LIFE OF.
... great civility , told me on the part of the governor that he could not see me then , as he was engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would 8 would fend the letters on board , and that he 104 LIFE OF.
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