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 25
... proposed to evade the order , by changing the title of the paper : but my brother foreseeing inconveniences that would refult from this ftep , thought it better that it fhould in future be print- ed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ...
... proposed to evade the order , by changing the title of the paper : but my brother foreseeing inconveniences that would refult from this ftep , thought it better that it fhould in future be print- ed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ...
Page 86
... propose a separation ; as I conceived myself to be under obligations to them for what they had done already , and were ftill disposed to do if they had the power : but in the end fhould they fail in their engagement , and our partner ...
... propose a separation ; as I conceived myself to be under obligations to them for what they had done already , and were ftill disposed to do if they had the power : but in the end fhould they fail in their engagement , and our partner ...
Page 100
... proposed to a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia , a plan of a voluntary affociation for the defence of the province . This was approved of , and figned by twelve hundred perfons immediately . Copies of it were circula- ted ...
... proposed to a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia , a plan of a voluntary affociation for the defence of the province . This was approved of , and figned by twelve hundred perfons immediately . Copies of it were circula- ted ...
Page 102
... propose theories to account for various phenomena ; which have been univerfally adop- ted , and which bid fair to endure for ages . His obfervations he communicated , in a series of letters , to his friend Collinfon ; the firft of which ...
... propose theories to account for various phenomena ; which have been univerfally adop- ted , and which bid fair to endure for ages . His obfervations he communicated , in a series of letters , to his friend Collinfon ; the firft of which ...
Page 110
... proposed about forty years ago , fhould in that time have been adopted in fo many places , than that it has not univerfally prevailed . It is only by degrees that the great body of mankind can be led into new practices , however ...
... proposed about forty years ago , fhould in that time have been adopted in fo many places , than that it has not univerfally prevailed . It is only by degrees that the great body of mankind can be led into new practices , however ...
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