The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His Life |
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... therefore only be necessary to add that due atten- tion has been paid in the selection of such of his pro- ductions as may be adapted to general perusal . CONTENTS . LIFE of Dr. Franklin , as written by 4 . PREFACE .
... therefore only be necessary to add that due atten- tion has been paid in the selection of such of his pro- ductions as may be adapted to general perusal . CONTENTS . LIFE of Dr. Franklin , as written by 4 . PREFACE .
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... still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the dura- tion of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv- ing me fortitude to support any melancholy reverse , which may happen to me , as to so many 10 LIFE OF.
... still be exercised towards me , either by prolonging the dura- tion of my happiness to the close of life , or by giv- ing me fortitude to support any melancholy reverse , which may happen to me , as to so many 10 LIFE OF.
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... tion , if I would take the pains to learn it . I remained , however , scarcely a year at the gram- mar - school , although in this short interval , I had risen from the middle to the head of my class , from thence * Town in the island ...
... tion , if I would take the pains to learn it . I remained , however , scarcely a year at the gram- mar - school , although in this short interval , I had risen from the middle to the head of my class , from thence * Town in the island ...
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... tion by R. Burton , which consisted of small cheap volumes , amounting in all to about forty or fifty . My father's little library was principally made up of books of practical and polemical theology . I read the greatest part of them ...
... tion by R. Burton , which consisted of small cheap volumes , amounting in all to about forty or fifty . My father's little library was principally made up of books of practical and polemical theology . I read the greatest part of them ...
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... tion to think , that in certain particulars of little im- portance , I had been fortunate enough to improve the order of thought or the style , and this encouraged me to hope that I should succeed , in time , in writing decently in the ...
... tion to think , that in certain particulars of little im- portance , I had been fortunate enough to improve the order of thought or the style , and this encouraged me to hope that I should succeed , in time , in writing decently in the ...
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