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 11
... still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv- ing me fortitude to fupport any melancholy re- , verfe , which may happen to me , as to so many others . My future ...
... still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the duration of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv- ing me fortitude to fupport any melancholy re- , verfe , which may happen to me , as to so many others . My future ...
Page 24
... still re- gard as advantageoufly employed the time I de- voted to them . I found befides a work of De Foe's , entitled , An Effay on Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impreffions that have fince in- fluenced fome of the ...
... still re- gard as advantageoufly employed the time I de- voted to them . I found befides a work of De Foe's , entitled , An Effay on Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impreffions that have fince in- fluenced fome of the ...
Page 33
... still a child as it were , I was fearful that my brother might be unwil- ling to print in his paper any performance of which he fhould know me to be the author . I therefore contrived to difguife my hand , and having written an ...
... still a child as it were , I was fearful that my brother might be unwil- ling to print in his paper any performance of which he fhould know me to be the author . I therefore contrived to difguife my hand , and having written an ...
Page 34
... still regarded himself as my mafter , and treated me like an apprentice . He thought himself entitled to the fame fervices from me as from any other perfon . On the contrary , I conceived that , in many inftances , he was too rigorous ...
... still regarded himself as my mafter , and treated me like an apprentice . He thought himself entitled to the fame fervices from me as from any other perfon . On the contrary , I conceived that , in many inftances , he was too rigorous ...
Page 48
... still entertained for me , alluring me that , if I would return , every thing fhould be adjusted to my fatisfaction ; and he was very preffing in his entreaties . I anfwered his letter , thanked him for his advice , and ex- plained the ...
... still entertained for me , alluring me that , if I would return , every thing fhould be adjusted to my fatisfaction ; and he was very preffing in his entreaties . I anfwered his letter , thanked him for his advice , and ex- plained the ...
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