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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... perhaps , by this employinent , gratify my vani- 17. Scarcely , indeed , have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase , “ I may say without vanity , " but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed ...
... perhaps , by this employinent , gratify my vani- 17. Scarcely , indeed , have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase , “ I may say without vanity , " but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed ...
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... perhaps , for his situation . I lately found in London a collection which he had made of all the principal pamphlets relative to public affairs , from the year 1641 to 1717. Many volumes are wanting , as appears by the series of numbers ...
... perhaps , for his situation . I lately found in London a collection which he had made of all the principal pamphlets relative to public affairs , from the year 1641 to 1717. Many volumes are wanting , as appears by the series of numbers ...
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... perhaps , be uninteresting to you to know what sort of a man my father was . He had an ex- cellent constitution , was of a middle size , but well made and strong , and extremely active in whatever he undertook . He designed with a ...
... perhaps , be uninteresting to you to know what sort of a man my father was . He had an ex- cellent constitution , was of a middle size , but well made and strong , and extremely active in whatever he undertook . He designed with a ...
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... perhaps , the name of negligence . To return . I thus continued employed in my fa- ther's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his ...
... perhaps , the name of negligence . To return . I thus continued employed in my fa- ther's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had served his ...
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... perhaps for the pleasure of dis- puting . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We ...
... perhaps for the pleasure of dis- puting . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We ...
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