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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... present retirement in the country . There are also other motives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity , in which I drew my first breath , and spent my earliest years , I have raised myself to a ...
... present retirement in the country . There are also other motives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity , in which I drew my first breath , and spent my earliest years , I have raised myself to a ...
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... present advanced age ; and my descendants may be desirous of learning what were the means of which I made use , and which , thanks to the assisting hand of providence , have proved so eminently successful . They may also , should they ...
... present advanced age ; and my descendants may be desirous of learning what were the means of which I made use , and which , thanks to the assisting hand of providence , have proved so eminently successful . They may also , should they ...
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... present proprietor . My grandfather had four surviving sons , Thomas , John , Benjamin , and Josias . I shall give you such particulars of them as my memory will furnish , not having my papers here , in which you will find a more minute ...
... present proprietor . My grandfather had four surviving sons , Thomas , John , Benjamin , and Josias . I shall give you such particulars of them as my memory will furnish , not having my papers here , in which you will find a more minute ...
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... present , however , in 1771 , there are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in distributing the co- pies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off ...
... present , however , in 1771 , there are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in distributing the co- pies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off ...
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... present at the conversation . De Foe has imitated it with success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also Richardson in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of ...
... present at the conversation . De Foe has imitated it with success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also Richardson in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of ...
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