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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... writing memoirs of his own history . These memoirs were brought down to the year 1757. Together with some other manu- scripts they were left behind him at his death , and were considered as a part of his posthu mous property . It is a ...
... writing memoirs of his own history . These memoirs were brought down to the year 1757. Together with some other manu- scripts they were left behind him at his death , and were considered as a part of his posthu mous property . It is a ...
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... writing . 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 ...
... writing . 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 ...
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... writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised . Many volumes were thus collected by him . He was also extremely fond of politics , too much so perhaps for his situation . I lately found in London a collection which he ...
... writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised . Many volumes were thus collected by him . He was also extremely fond of politics , too much so perhaps for his situation . I lately found in London a collection which he ...
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... writing and arithmetic , kept by a Mr. George Bromwel , who was a skilful master , and succeeded very well in his pro- fession by employing gentle means only , and such as were calculated to encourage his scholars . Under him I soon ...
... writing and arithmetic , kept by a Mr. George Bromwel , who was a skilful master , and succeeded very well in his pro- fession by employing gentle means only , and such as were calculated to encourage his scholars . Under him I soon ...
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... , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfortune of being , probably , a very wretched poet . But as the faculty of writing prose has been of great service to me in the course 22 THE LIFE OF.
... , and telling me that versifiers were always poor . I thus escaped the misfortune of being , probably , a very wretched poet . But as the faculty of writing prose has been of great service to me in the course 22 THE LIFE OF.
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