The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 pàgines |
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... effects which might result from this inclination , my father was impatient to see me en- gaged with my brother . I held back for some time ; at length , however , I suffered myself to be persuaded , and signed my indentures , being then ...
... effects which might result from this inclination , my father was impatient to see me en- gaged with my brother . I held back for some time ; at length , however , I suffered myself to be persuaded , and signed my indentures , being then ...
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... effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyance . In crossing the bay we inet with a squall , which shattered to pieces our rotten sails , prevented us from entering the Kill , and threw us up- on Long Island . During ...
... effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyance . In crossing the bay we inet with a squall , which shattered to pieces our rotten sails , prevented us from entering the Kill , and threw us up- on Long Island . During ...
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... effects being now arrived , I thought of making , in the eyes of Miss Reed , a more respectable appear- ance than when chance exhibited me to her view , eat- ing my roll , and wandering in the streets . From this period I began to ...
... effects being now arrived , I thought of making , in the eyes of Miss Reed , a more respectable appear- ance than when chance exhibited me to her view , eat- ing my roll , and wandering in the streets . From this period I began to ...
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... effect only of a mo- mentary passion , and inviting me to return to him . Meredith persuaded me to comply with the invitation , particularly as it would afford him more opportunities of improving himself in the business by means of my ...
... effect only of a mo- mentary passion , and inviting me to return to him . Meredith persuaded me to comply with the invitation , particularly as it would afford him more opportunities of improving himself in the business by means of my ...
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... effect precisely the reverse of what was in- tended by the writers ; for the arguments of the deists , which were cited in order to be refuted , appeared to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word , I soon became a ...
... effect precisely the reverse of what was in- tended by the writers ; for the arguments of the deists , which were cited in order to be refuted , appeared to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word , I soon became a ...
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