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... opinion that he must be of small discretion to think of setting a boy up in business who wanted yet three years of being at man's estate . Holmes said what he could in favor of the project , but my father was clear in the impropriety of ...
... opinion that he must be of small discretion to think of setting a boy up in business who wanted yet three years of being at man's estate . Holmes said what he could in favor of the project , but my father was clear in the impropriety of ...
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... opinion that the worst had some good effects , induc'd me to avoid all discourse that might tend to lessen the good opinion another might have of his own religion ; and as our province increas'd 86 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... opinion that the worst had some good effects , induc'd me to avoid all discourse that might tend to lessen the good opinion another might have of his own religion ; and as our province increas'd 86 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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... opinion of its propriety , and of its utility when rightly con- ducted , and I regularly paid my annual subscription for the support of the only Presbyterian minister or meeting we had in Philadelphia . He us'd to visit me sometimes as ...
... opinion of its propriety , and of its utility when rightly con- ducted , and I regularly paid my annual subscription for the support of the only Presbyterian minister or meeting we had in Philadelphia . He us'd to visit me sometimes as ...
Contents
DOGOOD PAPERS | 184 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1733 | 198 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1758 | 205 |
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