The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin;: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself: : Together with Essays Humorous, Moral, and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, Volume 1 |
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Page 23
... seeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of confi- derable benefit , to have acquired thereby fuffi- cient knowledge to be able to make little things for myself when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to conftruct ...
... seeing skilful workmen handle their tools ; and it has proved of confi- derable benefit , to have acquired thereby fuffi- cient knowledge to be able to make little things for myself when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to conftruct ...
Page 33
... see him , who read it , comment- ed upon it within my hearing , and I had the exquifite pleasure to find that it met with their approbation , and that , in the various conjectures • they made refpecting the author , no one was mentioned ...
... see him , who read it , comment- ed upon it within my hearing , and I had the exquifite pleasure to find that it met with their approbation , and that , in the various conjectures • they made refpecting the author , no one was mentioned ...
Page 50
... see my parents . The governor gave me a long letter , in which he said many flattering things of me to my father ; and ftrongly recommended the project of my fettling at Philadelphia , as a thing which could not fail to make my fortune ...
... see my parents . The governor gave me a long letter , in which he said many flattering things of me to my father ; and ftrongly recommended the project of my fettling at Philadelphia , as a thing which could not fail to make my fortune ...
Page 52
... Seeing no appearance of accommodating matters between my brother and me , he confented to my return to Philadelphia , advised me to be civil to every body , to endeavour to obtain general esteem , and avoid fatire and farcafm , to which ...
... Seeing no appearance of accommodating matters between my brother and me , he confented to my return to Philadelphia , advised me to be civil to every body , to endeavour to obtain general esteem , and avoid fatire and farcafm , to which ...
Page 54
... see them . I did not however go , and it was well I did not ; for the next day , the Captain miffing a filver fpoon and fome other things which had been taken from the cabin , and know ing these women to be prostitutes , procured à ...
... see them . I did not however go , and it was well I did not ; for the next day , the Captain miffing a filver fpoon and fome other things which had been taken from the cabin , and know ing these women to be prostitutes , procured à ...
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