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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... master of them . From this belief , I took fome of the tales of the Spectator and turned them into verse ; and after a time , when I had fuf- ficiently forgotten them , I again con- verted them into profe . Sometimes alfo I mingled all ...
... master of them . From this belief , I took fome of the tales of the Spectator and turned them into verse ; and after a time , when I had fuf- ficiently forgotten them , I again con- verted them into profe . Sometimes alfo I mingled all ...
Page 48
... with reprimanding , and then difmiffed me ; confidering me probably as bound , in quality of apprentice , to keep my master's fecrets . The The imprisonment of my brother kindled my refentment , notwithstanding 48 LIFE OF.
... with reprimanding , and then difmiffed me ; confidering me probably as bound , in quality of apprentice , to keep my master's fecrets . The The imprisonment of my brother kindled my refentment , notwithstanding 48 LIFE OF.
Page 51
... masters against me ; who accordingly refused to employ me . The idea then fuggested itfelf to me of going to New - York , the nearest town in which there was a print- ing - office . Farther reflection confirmed E 2 me me in the defign ...
... masters against me ; who accordingly refused to employ me . The idea then fuggested itfelf to me of going to New - York , the nearest town in which there was a print- ing - office . Farther reflection confirmed E 2 me me in the defign ...
Page 72
... master of a trading floop from Bofton to Dela- ware . Being at Newcastle , forty miles below Philadelphia , he heard of me , and wrote to inform me of the chagrin which my fudden departure from Boston had occafioned my parents , and of ...
... master of a trading floop from Bofton to Dela- ware . Being at Newcastle , forty miles below Philadelphia , he heard of me , and wrote to inform me of the chagrin which my fudden departure from Boston had occafioned my parents , and of ...
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... master Tryon , the capture of every filh as a fort of murder , committed without provocation , fince thefe animals had neither done , nor were capable of doing , the fmalleft injury to any ! • any , one that should justify the meafure ...
... master Tryon , the capture of every filh as a fort of murder , committed without provocation , fince thefe animals had neither done , nor were capable of doing , the fmalleft injury to any ! • any , one that should justify the meafure ...
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