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 21
... persons , who , having a more delicate , because a more exercised tafte , have fuf- fered in many cafes confiderable inconvenience ; while , as to myseif , I have had nothing to defire . My mother was likewife poffeffed of an excel ...
... persons , who , having a more delicate , because a more exercised tafte , have fuf- fered in many cafes confiderable inconvenience ; while , as to myseif , I have had nothing to defire . My mother was likewife poffeffed of an excel ...
Page 68
... person ; " and opening the letter , " Oh , it is from Riddlefden ! " he exclaimed . " I have lately discovered him to be a very ar- " rant knave , and I wish to have nothing to do either with him or his letters . " He inftantly put the ...
... person ; " and opening the letter , " Oh , it is from Riddlefden ! " he exclaimed . " I have lately discovered him to be a very ar- " rant knave , and I wish to have nothing to do either with him or his letters . " He inftantly put the ...
Page 91
... with rudeness generally received opinions , an enthusiast in certain points of reli- gion , difguftingly unclean in his person , and a little knavifh withal , We remained there nearly three months ; and at the DR . FRANKLIN . go.
... with rudeness generally received opinions , an enthusiast in certain points of reli- gion , difguftingly unclean in his person , and a little knavifh withal , We remained there nearly three months ; and at the DR . FRANKLIN . go.
Page 95
... person of my ac- quaintance , George House , brought us a coun- tryman , whom he had met in the streets enquir- ing for a printer . Our money was almost ex- hausted by the number of things we had been obliged to procure . The five ...
... person of my ac- quaintance , George House , brought us a coun- tryman , whom he had met in the streets enquir- ing for a printer . Our money was almost ex- hausted by the number of things we had been obliged to procure . The five ...
Page 101
... person , though our partnership still continued . It is , perhaps , because , in fact , the whole bufi- nefs devolved upon me . Meredith was no com- pofitor , and but an indifferent preffman ; and it was rarely that he abstained from ...
... person , though our partnership still continued . It is , perhaps , because , in fact , the whole bufi- nefs devolved upon me . Meredith was no com- pofitor , and but an indifferent preffman ; and it was rarely that he abstained from ...
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