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 30
... I inceffantly practifed it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from perfons of fuperior un- derstanding , conceffions of which they did not foresee the confequences . Thus I involved them in difficulties 30 LIFE OF.
... I inceffantly practifed it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from perfons of fuperior un- derstanding , conceffions of which they did not foresee the confequences . Thus I involved them in difficulties 30 LIFE OF.
Page 31
... obtained victories , which neither my cause nor my argu- ments merited . I This method I continued to employ for fome years ; but I afterwards abandoned it by degrees , retaining only the habit of expreffing myself with modeft ...
... obtained victories , which neither my cause nor my argu- ments merited . I This method I continued to employ for fome years ; but I afterwards abandoned it by degrees , retaining only the habit of expreffing myself with modeft ...
Page 49
... obtaining the printing of the public papers of both govern- ments ; and as I appeared to doubt whether my father would affift me in this enterprife , Sir William faid that he would give me a letter to him , in which he would reprefent ...
... obtaining the printing of the public papers of both govern- ments ; and as I appeared to doubt whether my father would affift me in this enterprife , Sir William faid that he would give me a letter to him , in which he would reprefent ...
Page 52
... obtained fo advantageous a recommendation as that of a perfon of his rank , and that my induftry and œconomy had ... obtain general esteem , and avoid fatire and farcafm , to which he thought I was too much inclined : adding , that ...
... obtained fo advantageous a recommendation as that of a perfon of his rank , and that my induftry and œconomy had ... obtain general esteem , and avoid fatire and farcafm , to which he thought I was too much inclined : adding , that ...
Page 65
... obtain the neceffary fum for the purchase of my prefs , types , and paper . He appointed various times for me to come for these letters , which would certainly be ready ; and when I came , always put me off to another day . These ...
... obtain the neceffary fum for the purchase of my prefs , types , and paper . He appointed various times for me to come for these letters , which would certainly be ready ; and when I came , always put me off to another day . These ...
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