The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life |
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He was a man of piety , and a constant attend- ant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a pleasure in writing down according to the expe- ditory method he had devised . Many volumes were thus collected by him .
He was a man of piety , and a constant attend- ant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a pleasure in writing down according to the expe- ditory method he had devised . Many volumes were thus collected by him .
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... of providing for the expence of a col- legiate education , and considering besides , as I heard him say to his friends , that persons so ed- ucated were often poorly provided for , he re- nounced his first intentions , took me from ...
... of providing for the expence of a col- legiate education , and considering besides , as I heard him say to his friends , that persons so ed- ucated were often poorly provided for , he re- nounced his first intentions , took me from ...
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He , there- fore , took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , glaziers , joiners , and other mechanics , employed at their work , in order to discover the bent of my inclination and fix it , if he could , upon some occupation that ...
He , there- fore , took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , glaziers , joiners , and other mechanics , employed at their work , in order to discover the bent of my inclination and fix it , if he could , upon some occupation that ...
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S e a S · y B e 1 5 ། 0 وا 1 0 1 1 r S f took notice of me . He invited me to see his li- brary , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a strange fancy for poetry and composed several little ...
S e a S · y B e 1 5 ། 0 وا 1 0 1 1 r S f took notice of me . He invited me to see his li- brary , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a strange fancy for poetry and composed several little ...
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From this belief , I took some of the tales of the Spectator , and turned them into verse ; and after a time , when I had sufficiently forgot- ten them , I again converted them into prose . Sometimes , also , I mingled all my summaries ...
From this belief , I took some of the tales of the Spectator , and turned them into verse ; and after a time , when I had sufficiently forgot- ten them , I again converted them into prose . Sometimes , also , I mingled all my summaries ...
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