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... , at present , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
... , at present , to say any thing to my own disadvan- tage . It is very common with authors in their first per- formances , to talk to their readers thus : " If this . meets with a suitable reception , or , if this MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
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Benjamin Franklin. meets with a suitable reception , or , if this should meet with due encouragement , I shall hereafter publish , " & c . This only manifests the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the ...
Benjamin Franklin. meets with a suitable reception , or , if this should meet with due encouragement , I shall hereafter publish , " & c . This only manifests the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the ...
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... meets with from a rising generation , fill me with fearful apprehensions for the future repu- tation of my country : a young man of modesty ( which is the most ... meet for the benefit of conversation , and a MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
... meets with from a rising generation , fill me with fearful apprehensions for the future repu- tation of my country : a young man of modesty ( which is the most ... meet for the benefit of conversation , and a MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
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Benjamin Franklin. friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a proper relaxation from business , that one should be the butt of the company , and four men made merry at the cost of the fifth . How different from this character ...
Benjamin Franklin. friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a proper relaxation from business , that one should be the butt of the company , and four men made merry at the cost of the fifth . How different from this character ...
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... meet with that unfeigned respect and warm good- will that all men have for him ? Wilt thou never understand , that the cringing , mean , submissive deportment of thy dependents , is ( like the worship paid by Indians to the devil ) ...
... meet with that unfeigned respect and warm good- will that all men have for him ? Wilt thou never understand , that the cringing , mean , submissive deportment of thy dependents , is ( like the worship paid by Indians to the devil ) ...
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