The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 pàgines |
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... become a man of letters , confirmed him in his design . My uncle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and promised to give me all his volumes of ser- mons , written , as I have said , in the short hand of his invention , if I would ...
... become a man of letters , confirmed him in his design . My uncle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and promised to give me all his volumes of ser- mons , written , as I have said , in the short hand of his invention , if I would ...
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... become of me , should he fail to make good the deficiency . His habit of drinking did not at all diminish , and was a fre- quent source of discord between us ; for when he had drunk a little too much , he was very headstrong . " " Being ...
... become of me , should he fail to make good the deficiency . His habit of drinking did not at all diminish , and was a fre- quent source of discord between us ; for when he had drunk a little too much , he was very headstrong . " " Being ...
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... become his colleague in the es- tablishment of a new religious sect . He was to propagate the doctrine by preaching , and I to refute every opponent . When he explained to me his tenets , I found many absurdities which I refused to ...
... become his colleague in the es- tablishment of a new religious sect . He was to propagate the doctrine by preaching , and I to refute every opponent . When he explained to me his tenets , I found many absurdities which I refused to ...
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... become security for them ; their light , as they used to call it , being out . I attended at the pay - table every Saturday evening , to take up the little sum which I had made myself an- swerable for , and which sometimes amounted to ...
... become security for them ; their light , as they used to call it , being out . I attended at the pay - table every Saturday evening , to take up the little sum which I had made myself an- swerable for , and which sometimes amounted to ...
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... become an actor . At length , having received fifteen guineas to pay his quarter's board , he decamped with the money from Oxford , hid his gown in a hedge , and trav- elled to London . There , having no friend to direct him , he fell ...
... become an actor . At length , having received fifteen guineas to pay his quarter's board , he decamped with the money from Oxford , hid his gown in a hedge , and trav- elled to London . There , having no friend to direct him , he fell ...
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