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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... in a striking example , how a man by talents , industry and integrity , may rise from obscurity to the first eminence and consequence in the world ; but it brings his history no lower than the year 1757 , and I understand that since ...
... in a striking example , how a man by talents , industry and integrity , may rise from obscurity to the first eminence and consequence in the world ; but it brings his history no lower than the year 1757 , and I understand that since ...
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Of consequence , it would in many cases , not be wholly absurd , that a man should count his va- nity among the other sweets of life , and give thanks to providence for the blessing . And here let me with all humility ...
Of consequence , it would in many cases , not be wholly absurd , that a man should count his va- nity among the other sweets of life , and give thanks to providence for the blessing . And here let me with all humility ...
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I recollect the six concluding lines , though I have forgotten the order of words of the two first ; the sense of which was , that his censures were dictated by benevolence , and that , of consequence , he wished to be known as the au- ...
I recollect the six concluding lines , though I have forgotten the order of words of the two first ; the sense of which was , that his censures were dictated by benevolence , and that , of consequence , he wished to be known as the au- ...
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I have since , in consequence of these visits , derived no small plea- sure from seeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of considerable benefit , to have ac- quired thereby sufficient knowledge to be able to make ...
I have since , in consequence of these visits , derived no small plea- sure from seeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of considerable benefit , to have ac- quired thereby sufficient knowledge to be able to make ...
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It 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 .
It 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 .
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