The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His Life |
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... able mathematician , one man of genius , in a single art , or a single science . " - " When we shall have ex- isted as a nation , " says Mr. J. " as long as the Greeks did before they produced a Homer , the Romans a Virgil , the French ...
... able mathematician , one man of genius , in a single art , or a single science . " - " When we shall have ex- isted as a nation , " says Mr. J. " as long as the Greeks did before they produced a Homer , the Romans a Virgil , the French ...
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... able for their livelihood to make a jury in form aforementioned . " Old Translation . Chaucer too , calls his country - gentleman a franklin ; and , after describing his good housekeeping , thus characterizes him : This worthy franklin ...
... able for their livelihood to make a jury in form aforementioned . " Old Translation . Chaucer too , calls his country - gentleman a franklin ; and , after describing his good housekeeping , thus characterizes him : This worthy franklin ...
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... able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impressed on my imagination . My father at ...
... able to make little things for myself , when I have had no mechanic at hand , and to construct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly impressed on my imagination . My father at ...
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... able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remained be- hind , and despatching my ...
... able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remained be- hind , and despatching my ...
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... able to gratify it ; but , having another trade , and believing my . self to be a tolerable workman , I hesitated not to offer my services to the old Mr. William Bradford , who had been the first printer in Pennsylvania , but had ...
... able to gratify it ; but , having another trade , and believing my . self to be a tolerable workman , I hesitated not to offer my services to the old Mr. William Bradford , who had been the first printer in Pennsylvania , but had ...
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