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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... body , to endeavour to obtain general esteem , and avoid fatire and farcafm , to which he thought I was too much inclined : adding , that , with per- feverance and prudent economy , I might , by the time I became of age , fave enough to ...
... body , to endeavour to obtain general esteem , and avoid fatire and farcafm , to which he thought I was too much inclined : adding , that , with per- feverance and prudent economy , I might , by the time I became of age , fave enough to ...
Page 66
... body in the ship , we were looked upon as the common order of people : but Mr. Hamilton and his fon ( it was James , who was afterwards Governor ) left us at Newcastle , and returned to Philadelphia , where he was recal- 1 led , at a ...
... body in the ship , we were looked upon as the common order of people : but Mr. Hamilton and his fon ( it was James , who was afterwards Governor ) left us at Newcastle , and returned to Philadelphia , where he was recal- 1 led , at a ...
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... body , and having little to bestow , he was lavish of promifes . He was in other respects fenfible and judicious , a very tole- rable writer , and a good Governor for the people ; though not fo for the proprietaries , whose inftruc ...
... body , and having little to bestow , he was lavish of promifes . He was in other respects fenfible and judicious , a very tole- rable writer , and a good Governor for the people ; though not fo for the proprietaries , whose inftruc ...
Page 101
... Body * ; and which was continued for feveral months by Brientnál . I hereby fixed the attention of the public upon Bradford's pa- per ; and the profpectus of Keimer , which we turned into ridicule , was treated with contempt . He began ...
... Body * ; and which was continued for feveral months by Brientnál . I hereby fixed the attention of the public upon Bradford's pa- per ; and the profpectus of Keimer , which we turned into ridicule , was treated with contempt . He began ...
Page 120
... bodies . Boyle , Otto Guericke , a burgo- master of Magdeburg , celebrated as the inventor of the air pump , Dr. Wall , and Sir Ifaac New- ton , added some facts . Guericke first observed the ... body to another , even with- out 120 LIFE OF.
... bodies . Boyle , Otto Guericke , a burgo- master of Magdeburg , celebrated as the inventor of the air pump , Dr. Wall , and Sir Ifaac New- ton , added some facts . Guericke first observed the ... body to another , even with- out 120 LIFE OF.
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