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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... says . This I did with a view of acquiring meth- od in the arrangement of my thoughts . On com- paring afterwards , my performance with the ori- ginal , many faults were apparent , which I cor- rected ; but I had sometimes the ...
... says . This I did with a view of acquiring meth- od in the arrangement of my thoughts . On com- paring afterwards , my performance with the ori- ginal , many faults were apparent , which I cor- rected ; but I had sometimes the ...
Pàgina 29
... say , with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency , is want of sense . Now , want of sense , when a man has the misfor tune to be so circumstanced , is it not a ...
... say , with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency , is want of sense . Now , want of sense , when a man has the misfor tune to be so circumstanced , is it not a ...
Pàgina 49
... say , that a young man who was a passenger in his ship had a great number of books , begged him to bring me to his house . I accordingly went , and should have taken Collins with me , had he been sober . 5 C LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 49.
... say , that a young man who was a passenger in his ship had a great number of books , begged him to bring me to his house . I accordingly went , and should have taken Collins with me , had he been sober . 5 C LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 49.
Pàgina 85
... say voluntary , because the errors into which I had fallen , had been in a manner the forced result either of my own inexperience , or the dishonesty of others . Thus , before I entered on my own new career , I had imbibed solid ...
... say voluntary , because the errors into which I had fallen , had been in a manner the forced result either of my own inexperience , or the dishonesty of others . Thus , before I entered on my own new career , I had imbibed solid ...
Pàgina 91
... the file of the American Mercu- ry , preserved in the Philadelphia library , says , that Franklin wrote the five first numbers , and part of the eighth . siness devolved upon me . Meredith was no com- positor LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 91.
... the file of the American Mercu- ry , preserved in the Philadelphia library , says , that Franklin wrote the five first numbers , and part of the eighth . siness devolved upon me . Meredith was no com- positor LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 91.
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