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 31
... such a thing is fo or fo , for such and fuch reafons ; or it is fo , if I am not mistaken . This habit has , I think , been of confiderable advan- tage to me , when I have had occafion to imprefs my opinion on the minds of others , and ...
... such a thing is fo or fo , for such and fuch reafons ; or it is fo , if I am not mistaken . This habit has , I think , been of confiderable advan- tage to me , when I have had occafion to imprefs my opinion on the minds of others , and ...
Page 64
... such a compo- fition ? What painting , what energy , what fire ! He has furpaffed the original . In his common converfation he appears not to have choice of words ; he hesitates , and is at a lofs ; and yet , good God , how he writes ...
... such a compo- fition ? What painting , what energy , what fire ! He has furpaffed the original . In his common converfation he appears not to have choice of words ; he hesitates , and is at a lofs ; and yet , good God , how he writes ...
Page 88
... such letters as we had for punches , founded new let- ters of lead in matrices of clay , and thus fuppli- ed , in a tolerable manner , the wants that were moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments , made ink ...
... such letters as we had for punches , founded new let- ters of lead in matrices of clay , and thus fuppli- ed , in a tolerable manner , the wants that were moft preffing . I alfo , upon occafion , engraved various orna- ments , made ink ...
Page 146
... Such are the outlines of the plan propofed , for the confi- deration of the congrefs , by Dr. Franklin . After feveral days ' delufion , it was unanimously agreed to by the commiffioners , a copy tranfmitted to each affembly , and one ...
... Such are the outlines of the plan propofed , for the confi- deration of the congrefs , by Dr. Franklin . After feveral days ' delufion , it was unanimously agreed to by the commiffioners , a copy tranfmitted to each affembly , and one ...
Page 159
... such a de- gree , that , in 1764 , a petition to the King was agreed to by the house , praying an alteration from a proprietary to a regal government . Great op- pofition was made to this measure , not only in the house but in the ...
... such a de- gree , that , in 1764 , a petition to the King was agreed to by the house , praying an alteration from a proprietary to a regal government . Great op- pofition was made to this measure , not only in the house but in the ...
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