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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... observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no ac- count of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than * As a proof that Franklin was anciently the common name of an order or rank ...
... observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no ac- count of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than * As a proof that Franklin was anciently the common name of an order or rank ...
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... observe by the bye , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit ; and frequently renders a man's company insupportable , as being no otherwise capable of indulgence than by an indiscriminate contradiction . Independently of the acrimony ...
... observe by the bye , is in danger of becoming a very bad habit ; and frequently renders a man's company insupportable , as being no otherwise capable of indulgence than by an indiscriminate contradiction . Independently of the acrimony ...
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... observed , that though I had the advan- tage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , I was greatly his in- ferior in elegance of expression , in arrangement , and perspicuity . Of this he ...
... observed , that though I had the advan- tage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my occupation , I was greatly his in- ferior in elegance of expression , in arrangement , and perspicuity . Of this he ...
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... observe it . My brother being a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his ap- prentices in a neighbouring family . My refusing to eat animal food was found inconvenient , and I was often scolded for my singularity . I ...
... observe it . My brother being a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his ap- prentices in a neighbouring family . My refusing to eat animal food was found inconvenient , and I was often scolded for my singularity . I ...
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... observed me , and thought with reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . I then turned the corner , and went through Chesnut- street , eating my roll all the way ; and having made this round , I found myself again ...
... observed me , and thought with reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . I then turned the corner , and went through Chesnut- street , eating my roll all the way ; and having made this round , I found myself again ...
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