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 SpectatorAbbott, 1812 - 301 頁 |
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第 13 頁
... soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprize , as well relative to the country as the town of North- ampton . A variety of remarkable incidents were told ...
... soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprize , as well relative to the country as the town of North- ampton . A variety of remarkable incidents were told ...
第 17 頁
... 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 tallow ...
... 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 tallow ...
第 25 頁
... soon found that of what he gave me I was able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his work- men left the printing - house to go to dinner ...
... soon found that of what he gave me I was able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his work- men left the printing - house to go to dinner ...
第 26 頁
... soon afforded me singular pleasure ; I incessantly prac- tised it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from persons of superior understanding , concessions of which they did not foresee the consequence . Thus I involved them in ...
... soon afforded me singular pleasure ; I incessantly prac- tised it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from persons of superior understanding , concessions of which they did not foresee the consequence . Thus I involved them in ...
第 31 頁
... soon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to appre- hend , as from my indiscreet disputes upon the subject of religion , I begun to be regarded by pious souls with horror , either as an apostate or an ...
... soon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to appre- hend , as from my indiscreet disputes upon the subject of religion , I begun to be regarded by pious souls with horror , either as an apostate or an ...
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