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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... never made use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a constant attendant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a pleasure in writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised . Many volumes ...
... never made use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a constant attendant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a pleasure in writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised . Many volumes ...
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... never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never discussed whether they were well or ill dressed , of a good or bad flavour , high - seasoned or otherwise , preferable or inferior to this or that dish of a similar kind ...
... never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never discussed whether they were well or ill dressed , of a good or bad flavour , high - seasoned or otherwise , preferable or inferior to this or that dish of a similar kind ...
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... never heard either her or my father complain of any other disorder than that of which they died : my father at the age of eighty - seven , and my mother at eighty- five . They are buried together at Boston , where , a few years ago , I ...
... never heard either her or my father complain of any other disorder than that of which they died : my father at the age of eighty - seven , and my mother at eighty- five . They are buried together at Boston , where , a few years ago , I ...
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... never failed to return punctually and without injury . How often has it happened to me to pass the greater part of the night in reading by my bed - side , when the book had been lent me in the even- ing , and was to be returned the next ...
... never failed to return punctually and without injury . How often has it happened to me to pass the greater part of the night in reading by my bed - side , when the book had been lent me in the even- ing , and was to be returned the next ...
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... never seen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view I selected some of the papers , made short summaries ...
... never seen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view I selected some of the papers , made short summaries ...
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