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 23
... pleased with accounts of voyages . My first ac- quifition was Bunyan's collection in small separate volumes . These I afterwards fold in order to buy an historical collection by R. Burton , which confifted of fmall cheap volumes ...
... pleased with accounts of voyages . My first ac- quifition was Bunyan's collection in small separate volumes . These I afterwards fold in order to buy an historical collection by R. Burton , which confifted of fmall cheap volumes ...
Page 71
... pleased , which I was to return when I had read them . I confidered this agreement as a very great advantage ; and I derived from it as much benefit as was in my power , My pamphlet falling into the hands of a fur- geon , of the name of ...
... pleased , which I was to return when I had read them . I confidered this agreement as a very great advantage ; and I derived from it as much benefit as was in my power , My pamphlet falling into the hands of a fur- geon , of the name of ...
Page 125
... into different lan- guages . A very incorrect French tranflation fell into the hands of the celebrated Buffon , who notwithstanding the difadvantages under which Q the work laboured , was much pleased with it , DR . FRANKLIN . 125.
... into different lan- guages . A very incorrect French tranflation fell into the hands of the celebrated Buffon , who notwithstanding the difadvantages under which Q the work laboured , was much pleased with it , DR . FRANKLIN . 125.
Page 126
... pleased with it , and repeated the experiments with fuccefs . He prevailed upon his friend , M. D'Alibard , to give his countrymen a more correct translation of the work of the American electrician . This contri- buted much towards ...
... pleased with it , and repeated the experiments with fuccefs . He prevailed upon his friend , M. D'Alibard , to give his countrymen a more correct translation of the work of the American electrician . This contri- buted much towards ...
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... pleased with one over yourself . Snatch not eagerly at every advantage offered by his unfkilfulness or inattention ; but point out to him kindly , that by such a move he pla- ces or leaves a piece in danger and unfupport- ed ; that by ...
... pleased with one over yourself . Snatch not eagerly at every advantage offered by his unfkilfulness or inattention ; but point out to him kindly , that by such a move he pla- ces or leaves a piece in danger and unfupport- ed ; that by ...
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