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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By thus employing myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natural to 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 ...
By thus employing myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natural to 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 ...
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Thomas had learned the trade of a blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal ...
Thomas had learned the trade of a blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal ...
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He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copious- ly from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself van- quished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon ...
He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copious- ly from his lips ; and frequently I thought myself van- quished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon ...
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Exclu- sively of his passionate treatment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps . my manners had too much of impertinence not to afford it a very natural pretext . When he knew that it was my ...
Exclu- sively of his passionate treatment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps . my manners had too much of impertinence not to afford it a very natural pretext . When he knew that it was my ...
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... he set off before me , by land , for Rhode - Island , leaving his books , which formed a handsome collection in mathe- matics and natural philosophy , to be conveyed with mine to New - York , where he purposed to wait for mc .
... he set off before me , by land , for Rhode - Island , leaving his books , which formed a handsome collection in mathe- matics and natural philosophy , to be conveyed with mine to New - York , where he purposed to wait for mc .
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