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 23
... necessary . I acquired it by reading , while I lived with my father , books of religious controversy . I have since remarked , that men of sense seldom fall into this error ; lawyers , fellows of universities , and persons of every ...
... necessary . I acquired it by reading , while I lived with my father , books of religious controversy . I have since remarked , that men of sense seldom fall into this error ; lawyers , fellows of universities , and persons of every ...
Page 35
... necessary for such a purpose ! I was treated while at her house with true hospitality . She gave me , with the utmost good- will , a dinner of beef - steaks , and would accept of nothing in return but a pint of ale . Here I imagined ...
... necessary for such a purpose ! I was treated while at her house with true hospitality . She gave me , with the utmost good- will , a dinner of beef - steaks , and would accept of nothing in return but a pint of ale . Here I imagined ...
Page 39
... necessary in their profession . Brad- ford had not been brought up to it , and was very illi- terate . Keimer , though he understood a little of the bu siness , was merely a compositior , and wholly incapable of working at the press ...
... necessary in their profession . Brad- ford had not been brought up to it , and was very illi- terate . Keimer , though he understood a little of the bu siness , was merely a compositior , and wholly incapable of working at the press ...
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... necessary quantity of letter ; and there was no such trade as that of letter - founder in America . I had seen the practice of this art at the house of James , in London ; but had at the same time paid it very little attention . I how ...
... necessary quantity of letter ; and there was no such trade as that of letter - founder in America . I had seen the practice of this art at the house of James , in London ; but had at the same time paid it very little attention . I how ...
Page 80
... necessary sum to buy out his time of Keimer , came one day to offer himself to us as a journeyman . We could not employ him immediately ; but I foolishly told him under the rose , that I intended shortly to publish a new periodical ...
... necessary sum to buy out his time of Keimer , came one day to offer himself to us as a journeyman . We could not employ him immediately ; but I foolishly told him under the rose , that I intended shortly to publish a new periodical ...
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