Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator |
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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 ever be placed in a similar situation , derive some advan- tage from my ...
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 ever be placed in a similar situation , derive some advan- tage from my ...
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My future for- tune is unknown but to him in whose hand is our des- tiny , and who can make our very afflictions subservient to our benefit . One of my uncles , desirous like myself , of collecting anecdotes of our family , gave me some ...
My future for- tune is unknown but to him in whose hand is our des- tiny , and who can make our very afflictions subservient to our benefit . One of my uncles , desirous like myself , of collecting anecdotes of our family , gave me some ...
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He had invented a short - hand , which he taught me , but having 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 ...
He had invented a short - hand , which he taught me , but having 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 ...
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My uncle Benjamin , approved also of the scheme , and promised 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 pains to learn it . I remained however scarcely a ...
My uncle Benjamin , approved also of the scheme , and promised 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 pains to learn it . I remained however scarcely a ...
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Under him I soon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arith- metic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler and ...
Under him I soon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arith- metic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler and ...
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