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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... opinion , fo nearly resembles it , as to call to mind all its circumftances , and to render their remem- brance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus employing myfelf , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural to old men ...
... opinion , fo nearly resembles it , as to call to mind all its circumftances , and to render their remem- brance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus employing myfelf , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural to old men ...
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... , and affirmed that the task was beyond their capacity . I maintained the oppofite opinion , a little per- haps for the pleasure of difputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from 26 LIFE OF.
... , and affirmed that the task was beyond their capacity . I maintained the oppofite opinion , a little per- haps for the pleasure of difputing . He was naturally more eloquent than I ; words flowed copiously from 26 LIFE OF.
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... opinion . rather faid , I imagine , I fuppofe , or it appears to me , that such a thing is fo or fo , for such and fuch reafons ; or it is fo , if I am not mistaken . This habit has , I think , been of confiderable advan- tage to me ...
... opinion . rather faid , I imagine , I fuppofe , or it appears to me , that such a thing is fo or fo , for such and fuch reafons ; or it is fo , if I am not mistaken . This habit has , I think , been of confiderable advan- tage to me ...
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... opinions , modeft and fenfible men , who do not love difputation , will leave you in tranquil pof- feffion of your ... opinion , with lefs propriety . It is this : For want of modefty is want of sense . If you ask why I lay with lefs ...
... opinions , modeft and fenfible men , who do not love difputation , will leave you in tranquil pof- feffion of your ... opinion , with lefs propriety . It is this : For want of modefty is want of sense . If you ask why I lay with lefs ...
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... opinion , sufficient for all America , At prefent , however , in 1777 , there . are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in diftributing the copies to his customers , after having ...
... opinion , sufficient for all America , At prefent , however , in 1777 , there . are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in diftributing the copies to his customers , after having ...
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