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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... minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I have sug- gested . And since the chief ends of conversa- tion are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to persuade , I could wish that intelligent and well ...
... minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I have sug- gested . And since the chief ends of conversa- tion are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to persuade , I could wish that intelligent and well ...
Pàgina 31
... mind that aversion to arbitrary pow- er , which , during my whole life , I have ever pre- served . My apprenticeship became insupporta- ble to me , and I continually sighed for an oppor- tunity of shortening it ; -which at length , unex ...
... mind that aversion to arbitrary pow- er , which , during my whole life , I have ever pre- served . My apprenticeship became insupporta- ble to me , and I continually sighed for an oppor- tunity of shortening it ; -which at length , unex ...
Pàgina 33
... mind had been by the recollection of the blows I had received . Exclusively of his passionate treat- ment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had . too much impertinence not to afford it a ...
... mind had been by the recollection of the blows I had received . Exclusively of his passionate treat- ment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had . too much impertinence not to afford it a ...
Pàgina 37
... minds , had his work been published , which it never was . I spent the night at his house , and reached Burlington the next morning . On my arrival , I had the mortification to learn that the ordinary passage - boats had sailed a little ...
... minds , had his work been published , which it never was . I spent the night at his house , and reached Burlington the next morning . On my arrival , I had the mortification to learn that the ordinary passage - boats had sailed a little ...
Pàgina 73
... mind , and I wished to see them revive . I consequently engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary o fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave ...
... mind , and I wished to see them revive . I consequently engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary o fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave ...
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