The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged: With Memories of His Early Life, Volume 1 |
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... letters , confirmed him in this design . My un- cle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and pro- mised to give me all his volumes of sermons , written , as I have said , in the short - hand of his invention , if I would take the ...
... letters , confirmed him in this design . My un- cle Benjamin approved also of the scheme , and pro- mised to give me all his volumes of sermons , written , as I have said , in the short - hand of his invention , if I would take the ...
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... letters had been written by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers and read them . Without en- tering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed ...
... letters had been written by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers and read them . Without en- tering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed ...
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... Letter . " Some of his friends , I re- member , would have dissuaded him from this under- taking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a sin- gle newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present ...
... Letter . " Some of his friends , I re- member , would have dissuaded him from this under- taking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a sin- gle newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present ...
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... letters , with which he himself was at work upon an elegy on Aquila Rose , whom I have mentioned above , an ingenious young man , and of an excellent character , highly esteemed in the town , secretary to the assembly , and a very ...
... letters , with which he himself was at work upon an elegy on Aquila Rose , whom I have mentioned above , an ingenious young man , and of an excellent character , highly esteemed in the town , secretary to the assembly , and a very ...
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... letter - cases , and the elegy would probably occupy all his types , it was impossible for any one to assist him . I endeavoured to put his press in order , which he had not yet used , and of which indeed he understood nothing : and ...
... letter - cases , and the elegy would probably occupy all his types , it was impossible for any one to assist him . I endeavoured to put his press in order , which he had not yet used , and of which indeed he understood nothing : and ...
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