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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Page 15
... effects which might refult from this inclination , my fa- ther was impatient to fee me engaged with my brother . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered myfelf to be perfuaded , and figned my indentures , being then ...
... effects which might refult from this inclination , my fa- ther was impatient to fee me engaged with my brother . I held back for fome time ; at length however I fuffered myfelf to be perfuaded , and figned my indentures , being then ...
Page 27
... effects to come after me by the ufual and more tedious conveyance . In croffing the bay we met with a fquall , which fhattered to pieces our rotten fails , prevented us from entering the Kill , and threw us upon Long Island . During the ...
... effects to come after me by the ufual and more tedious conveyance . In croffing the bay we met with a fquall , which fhattered to pieces our rotten fails , prevented us from entering the Kill , and threw us upon Long Island . During the ...
Page 35
... , whom I have already mentioned . My trunk and effects being now arrived , I thought of making , in the eyes of Mifs Read , a more refpectable appearance D 2 than than when chance exhibited me to her view , eat- DR . FRANKLIN . 35.
... , whom I have already mentioned . My trunk and effects being now arrived , I thought of making , in the eyes of Mifs Read , a more refpectable appearance D 2 than than when chance exhibited me to her view , eat- DR . FRANKLIN . 35.
Page 74
... effect only of a momentary paffion , and inviting me to return to him . Meredith perfua- ded me to comply with the invitation , particu- larly as it would afford him more opportunities of improving himself in the business by means of my ...
... effect only of a momentary paffion , and inviting me to return to him . Meredith perfua- ded me to comply with the invitation , particu- larly as it would afford him more opportunities of improving himself in the business by means of my ...
Page 76
... effect precifely the reverfe of what was intended by the writers ; for the arguments of the deifts , which were cited in order to be refuted , appeared to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word , I foon became a ...
... effect precifely the reverfe of what was intended by the writers ; for the arguments of the deifts , which were cited in order to be refuted , appeared to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word , I foon became a ...
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