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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page 20
... master , and fucceeded very well in his profeffion by employing gentle means only , and fuch as were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no ...
... master , and fucceeded very well in his profeffion by employing gentle means only , and fuch as were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no ...
Page 30
... master of the little geometry it contains , but I ne- ver proceeded far in this fcience . Nearly at the fame time I read Locke on the Human Under- ftanding , and the Art of Thinking by Meffrs . Du Port Royal . While labouring to form ...
... master of the little geometry it contains , but I ne- ver proceeded far in this fcience . Nearly at the fame time I read Locke on the Human Under- ftanding , and the Art of Thinking by Meffrs . Du Port Royal . While labouring to form ...
Page 35
... master's fecrets . The imprisonment of my brother kindled my resentment , notwithstanding our private quarrels . During its continuance the management of the paper was entrusted to me , and I was bold enough to infert fome pafquerades ...
... master's fecrets . The imprisonment of my brother kindled my resentment , notwithstanding our private quarrels . During its continuance the management of the paper was entrusted to me , and I was bold enough to infert fome pafquerades ...
Page 47
... , and who kept my fecret . An incident however arrived , which fent me home much fooner than I had propofed . I had a brother - in - law , of the name of Robert Holmes , master of a trading floop from Bofton to Delaware . DR . FRANKLIN .
... , and who kept my fecret . An incident however arrived , which fent me home much fooner than I had propofed . I had a brother - in - law , of the name of Robert Holmes , master of a trading floop from Bofton to Delaware . DR . FRANKLIN .
Page 48
... master of a trading floop from Bofton to Delaware . Being at Newcaftlo , forty miles below Philadel- phia , he heard of me , and wrote to inform me of the chagrin which my fudden departure from Bofton had occafioned my parents , and of ...
... master of a trading floop from Bofton to Delaware . Being at Newcaftlo , forty miles below Philadel- phia , he heard of me , and wrote to inform me of the chagrin which my fudden departure from Bofton had occafioned my parents , and of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance affembly affift againſt alfo almoſt America becauſe beſt Boſton bufinefs buſineſs cafe commiffioned confequence confiderable conftitution continued converfation defire difpute endeavoured eſtabliſh Europe exercife expence expreffed faid fame fatire favour fchools fecurity feen fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhillings fhould filk fince firft firſt fituation flaves fleep fmall fome fometimes foon Franklin friends ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupport give Governor himſelf houfe houſe increaſe induſtry inftitution inftructed intereft Keimer laft laſt lefs letter lived Madeira wine mafter meaſure ment moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary obferve occafion oppofition paffed perfons Philadelphia pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffible pounds prefs prevent printer profeffion propofed publiſhed puniſhment purpoſe raiſe reafon refpect refuſed rife ſee ſhall ſmall ſome ſtate ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion underſtand uſe whoſe