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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... fome degree of celebrity in the world . A conftant good fortune has attended me through every period of life to my prefent advanced age ; and my defcendants may be defir- ous of learning what were the means of which I.
... fome degree of celebrity in the world . A conftant good fortune has attended me through every period of life to my prefent advanced age ; and my defcendants may be defir- ous of learning what were the means of which I.
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... means of which I made ufe , and which , thanks to the affifting hand of providence , have proved fo eminently fuccessful . They may alfo , fhould they ever be placed in a fimilar fituation , derive fome advan- tage from my narritive ...
... means of which I made ufe , and which , thanks to the affifting hand of providence , have proved fo eminently fuccessful . They may alfo , fhould they ever be placed in a fimilar fituation , derive fome advan- tage from my narritive ...
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... means I have employed , and that has crown- ed them with fuccefs . My faith in this refpect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the divine goodness will still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the ...
... means I have employed , and that has crown- ed them with fuccefs . My faith in this refpect leads me to hope , though I cannot count upon it , that the divine goodness will still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the ...
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... means you well . PETER FOLGER . My brothers were all put apprentice to differ- ent trades . With respect to myself , I was fent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - fchool . My father destined me for the church , and already ...
... means you well . PETER FOLGER . My brothers were all put apprentice to differ- ent trades . With respect to myself , I was fent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - fchool . My father destined me for the church , and already ...
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... 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 fort of progrefs . At ten years of age I was called home to affift my ...
... 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 fort of progrefs . At ten years of age I was called home to affift my ...
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