The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 pages |
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... friends , or well informed neigh- bours , capable of rational conversation ; and he was always careful to introduce useful or ingen- ious topics of discourse , which might tend to form the minds of his children . By this means , he ...
... friends , or well informed neigh- bours , capable of rational conversation ; and he was always careful to introduce useful or ingen- ious topics of discourse , which might tend to form the minds of his children . By this means , he ...
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... friendship is indispensibly necessary . I acquired it by reading , while I lived with my father , books of religious controversy . I have since remarked that men of sense seldom fall into this error ; lawyers , fellows of universities ...
... friendship is indispensibly necessary . I acquired it by reading , while I lived with my father , books of religious controversy . I have since remarked that men of sense seldom fall into this error ; lawyers , fellows of universities ...
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... friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this undertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however , in 1771 , there are no ...
... friends , I remember , would have dissuaded him from this undertaking , as a thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however , in 1771 , there are no ...
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... friends at the printing - house , in order to determine what was proper to be done . Some proposed to evade the order , by changing the title of the paper ; but my brother , foreseeing inconveniences , that would result from this step ...
... friends at the printing - house , in order to determine what was proper to be done . Some proposed to evade the order , by changing the title of the paper ; but my brother , foreseeing inconveniences , that would result from this step ...
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... , siding with my brother , I presumed that if I attempted to depart openly , measures would be taken to prevent me . My friend Collins un- dertook to favor my flight . He agreed for my passage with the captain of a B2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 83.
... , siding with my brother , I presumed that if I attempted to depart openly , measures would be taken to prevent me . My friend Collins un- dertook to favor my flight . He agreed for my passage with the captain of a B2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 83.
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