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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... never made use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a con- ftant attendant on the beft preachers , whofe fer- mons he took a pleasure in writing down accord- ing to the expeditory method he had devifed . Many ...
... never made use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a con- ftant attendant on the beft preachers , whofe fer- mons he took a pleasure in writing down accord- ing to the expeditory method he had devifed . Many ...
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... never engaged , because his numerous family , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unremittingly employed in the duties of his profeffion . But I very well remember , that the leading men of the place ufed frequently to come and ...
... never engaged , because his numerous family , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unremittingly employed in the duties of his profeffion . But I very well remember , that the leading men of the place ufed frequently to come and ...
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... never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never difcuffed whether they were well or ill dreffed , of a good or bad flavour , high - feafoned or otherwife , preferable or inferior to this or that difh of a fimilar kind ...
... never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never difcuffed whether they were well or ill dreffed , of a good or bad flavour , high - feafoned or otherwife , preferable or inferior to this or that difh of a fimilar kind ...
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... never failed to return punctually and without injury . How often has it happened to ane to pass the greater part of the night in read- ing by my bed - fide , when the book had been lent me in the evening , and was to be returned the ...
... never failed to return punctually and without injury . How often has it happened to ane to pass the greater part of the night in read- ing by my bed - fide , when the book had been lent me in the evening , and was to be returned the ...
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... never feen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the ftyle excellent , and wifhed it were in my power to imitate it . With this view I felected fome of the papers , made fhort fummaries ...
... never feen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the ftyle excellent , and wifhed it were in my power to imitate it . With this view I felected fome of the papers , made fhort fummaries ...
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