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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... hand ; but I failed in arith- metic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to as- sist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler and tallow chandler ; a business to which he ...
... hand ; but I failed in arith- metic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to as- sist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler and tallow chandler ; a business to which he ...
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... hand , and to construct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly ... hands , as it was then a point decided , that I should not be educated for the church . There was also among my ...
... hand , and to construct small machines for my experiments , while the idea I have conceived has been fresh and strongly ... hands , as it was then a point decided , that I should not be educated for the church . There was also among my ...
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... hands . This was a publication I had never seen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again I was enchanted with it - thought the style ex- cellent , and wished it were in my power to imi- tate it . With this view I selected ...
... hands . This was a publication I had never seen . I bought the volume , and read it again and again I was enchanted with it - thought the style ex- cellent , and wished it were in my power to imi- tate it . With this view I selected ...
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... hands , in which he recom- mends vegetable diet . I determined to observe it . My brother , being a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his apprentices in a neighboring family . My refusing to eat animal food was found ...
... hands , in which he recom- mends vegetable diet . I determined to observe it . My brother , being a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his apprentices in a neighboring family . My refusing to eat animal food was found ...
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... hand , if , with a desire of being informed , and of benefit- ting by the knowledge of others , you express yourselves as being strongly attached to your own opinions , modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave ...
... hand , if , with a desire of being informed , and of benefit- ting by the knowledge of others , you express yourselves as being strongly attached to your own opinions , modest and sensible men , who do not love disputation , will leave ...
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