Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the SpectatorAbbott, 1812 - 301 pages |
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Page 7
... able to make no additions to it . It is with a melancholy regret I think of his death ; but to death we are all bound by the irreversi- ble order of nature ; and in looking forward to it , there is comfort in being able to reflect ...
... able to make no additions to it . It is with a melancholy regret I think of his death ; but to death we are all bound by the irreversi- ble order of nature ; and in looking forward to it , there is comfort in being able to reflect ...
Page 12
... able for " their livelihoods to make a jury in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a franklin , and af- ter describing his good housekeeping , thus characterises him : This worthy franklin ...
... able for " their livelihoods to make a jury in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a franklin , and af- ter describing his good housekeeping , thus characterises him : This worthy franklin ...
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... tools ; and it has proved of considerable benefit , to have ac- quired thereby sufficient knowledge to be able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct small machines for my 20 THE LIFE OF.
... tools ; and it has proved of considerable benefit , to have ac- quired thereby sufficient knowledge to be able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct small machines for my 20 THE LIFE OF.
Page 25
... able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his work- men left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remain- ed behind ; and dispatching ...
... able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his work- men left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remain- ed behind ; and dispatching ...
Page 26
... able to extricate themselves , and sometimes obtained victories , which neither my cause nor my arguments merited . This method I continued to employ for some years ; but I afterwards abandoned it by degrees , retaining only the habit ...
... able to extricate themselves , and sometimes obtained victories , which neither my cause nor my arguments merited . This method I continued to employ for some years ; but I afterwards abandoned it by degrees , retaining only the habit ...
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