The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 pages |
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... successful . They may also , should they ever be placed in a similar situation , derive some advantage from my narrative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to my . self , that ...
... successful . They may also , should they ever be placed in a similar situation , derive some advantage from my narrative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I have enjoyed , I sometimes say to my . self , that ...
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... success . My faith in this respect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the Divine goodness will still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my happiness to the close of life , or by giving me ...
... success . My faith in this respect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the Divine goodness will still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my happiness to the close of life , or by giving me ...
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... and without private fortune , without lucrative employment , by assid- uous labour and honest industry , decently sup- ported a numerous family , and educated with success , thirteen children , and seven grand - chil- LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 19.
... and without private fortune , without lucrative employment , by assid- uous labour and honest industry , decently sup- ported a numerous family , and educated with success , thirteen children , and seven grand - chil- LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 19.
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... success , thirteen children , and seven grand - chil- dren . Let this example , reader , encourage thee diligently to discharge the duties of thy calling , and to rely on the support of Divine Providence . He was pious and prudent ...
... success , thirteen children , and seven grand - chil- dren . Let this example , reader , encourage thee diligently to discharge the duties of thy calling , and to rely on the support of Divine Providence . He was pious and prudent ...
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... success ; but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my productions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfor- tune of being , probably , a very wretched poet . But as the faculty of writing ...
... success ; but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my productions , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfor- tune of being , probably , a very wretched poet . But as the faculty of writing ...
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