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 58
Page 9
... myself , will afford the fame pleasure to you as to me . I fhall relate them upon paper : it will be an agreeable employment of a week's uninterrupted leifure , which I promise myself during my present retire- ment in the country ...
... myself , will afford the fame pleasure to you as to me . I fhall relate them upon paper : it will be an agreeable employment of a week's uninterrupted leifure , which I promise myself during my present retire- ment in the country ...
Page 10
... myself , that , were the offer made me , I would engage to run again , from beginning to end , the fame career of life . All I would afk fhould be the privilege of an author , to correct , in a second edition , cer- tain errors of the ...
... myself , that , were the offer made me , I would engage to run again , from beginning to end , the fame career of life . All I would afk fhould be the privilege of an author , to correct , in a second edition , cer- tain errors of the ...
Page 11
... myself , I pay obeifance to it wherever I meet with it , perfuaded that it is advantageous , as well to the individual whom it governs , as to those who are within the sphere of its influence . Of confequence , it would , in many cafes ...
... myself , I pay obeifance to it wherever I meet with it , perfuaded that it is advantageous , as well to the individual whom it governs , as to those who are within the sphere of its influence . Of confequence , it would , in many cafes ...
Page 17
... myself , I was fent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - fchool . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read ...
... myself , I was fent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - fchool . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read ...
Page 23
... myself when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to conftruct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and ftrongly impreffed on my imagination . ୮ My father at length decided that I fhould be ...
... myself when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to conftruct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and ftrongly impreffed on my imagination . ୮ My father at length decided that I fhould be ...
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