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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... their remembrance more dur- able , commit them to writing . By thus employing myself , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural in old men , to B 2 talk talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely DR . FRANKLIN . 3.
... their remembrance more dur- able , commit them to writing . By thus employing myself , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural in old men , to B 2 talk talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely DR . FRANKLIN . 3.
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... themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those who , from re- fpect to my age , might think themselves obliged to liften to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they ...
... themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those who , from re- fpect to my age , might think themselves obliged to liften to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they ...
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... themselves 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.
... themselves 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.
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... themselves with beer , often loft their credit with the publican , from neglecting to pay their fcore . They had then recourfe to me , to become fe- curity for them ; their light , as they ufed to call it , being out . I attended at the ...
... themselves with beer , often loft their credit with the publican , from neglecting to pay their fcore . They had then recourfe to me , to become fe- curity for them ; their light , as they ufed to call it , being out . I attended at the ...
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... I might in time begin bufinefs with advantage for myself . I relished thefe propofals . London began to tire me ; the agreeable hours I K 2 had i had paffed at Philadelphia prefented themselves to my mind DR . FRANKLIN . 131.
... I might in time begin bufinefs with advantage for myself . I relished thefe propofals . London began to tire me ; the agreeable hours I K 2 had i had paffed at Philadelphia prefented themselves to my mind DR . FRANKLIN . 131.
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