The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 pàgines |
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... letters , confirmed him in this design . My uncle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and promised to give me all his volumes of sermons , writ- ten , as I have said , in the short - hand of his inven- tion , if I would take the ...
... letters , confirmed him in this design . My uncle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and promised to give me all his volumes of sermons , writ- ten , as I have said , in the short - hand of his inven- tion , if I would take the ...
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... letters had been written by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers and read them . Without entering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed ...
... letters had been written by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers and read them . Without entering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed ...
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... Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this un dertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however ...
... Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this un dertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however ...
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... letters , with which he himself was at work upon an elegy on Aquila Rose , whom I have mentioned above , an ... letter cases , and the elegy would probably occupy all his types , it was im- possible for any one to assist him . I ...
... letters , with which he himself was at work upon an elegy on Aquila Rose , whom I have mentioned above , an ... letter cases , and the elegy would probably occupy all his types , it was im- possible for any one to assist him . I ...
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... was very pressing in his entreaties ; I answered his letter , thanked him for his advice , and explained the reasons which had induced me to quit Boston , with such force and clearness , that he was convinced I DR . FRANKLIN .
... was very pressing in his entreaties ; I answered his letter , thanked him for his advice , and explained the reasons which had induced me to quit Boston , with such force and clearness , that he was convinced I DR . FRANKLIN .
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