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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... natural in old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those who , from respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty ...
... natural in old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those who , from respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty ...
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... natural understand- ing , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who encouraged , in like manner , all my uncles to ...
... natural understand- ing , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who encouraged , in like manner , all my uncles to ...
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... the opposite opinion , a little perhaps for the pleasure of disputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed co- piously VOL . I. D piously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself LIFE OF DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
... the opposite opinion , a little perhaps for the pleasure of disputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed co- piously VOL . I. D piously from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself LIFE OF DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
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... , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had too 1 much impertinence not to afford it a very natural 6 much 26 LIFE OF DR . FRANKLIN . My brother's enlargement was accompanied with an ...
... , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had too 1 much impertinence not to afford it a very natural 6 much 26 LIFE OF DR . FRANKLIN . My brother's enlargement was accompanied with an ...
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... natural pre- text . When he knew that it was my determination to quit him , he wished to prevent my finding employment else- where . He went to all the printing - houses in the town , and prejudiced the masters against me -- who accord ...
... natural pre- text . When he knew that it was my determination to quit him , he wished to prevent my finding employment else- where . He went to all the printing - houses in the town , and prejudiced the masters against me -- who accord ...
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