The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 pàgines |
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... become of me , should he fall to make good the deficiency . His habit of drinking did not at all diminish , and was a frequent source of discord between us ; for when he had drank a little too much , he was very headstrong . 7 Being one ...
... become of me , should he fall to make good the deficiency . His habit of drinking did not at all diminish , and was a frequent source of discord between us ; for when he had drank a little too much , he was very headstrong . 7 Being one ...
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... become his colleague in the establishment of a new religious sect . He was to pro- pagate 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 establishment of a new religious sect . He was to pro- pagate 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 at- tended 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 at- tended 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 travelled 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 travelled to London . There , having no friend to direct him , he fell ...
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... become of him . His mental vivacity , and good natural disposition , made him an excellent compan- ion ; but he was indolent , thoughtless , and to the last degree imprudent . John , the Irishman , soon ran away . I began to live very ...
... become of him . His mental vivacity , and good natural disposition , made him an excellent compan- ion ; but he was indolent , thoughtless , and to the last degree imprudent . John , the Irishman , soon ran away . I began to live very ...
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