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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Page 55
... observed several Lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly returned again to my ordinary diet , without ex- periencing the smallest inconvenience ; which has led me to regard as of no importance the ad- vice commonly given ...
... observed several Lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly returned again to my ordinary diet , without ex- periencing the smallest inconvenience ; which has led me to regard as of no importance the ad- vice commonly given ...
Page 58
... observe here , that Watson died a few years after in my arms . He was greatly regret- * Probably the Dunciad , where ve find him thus immor- talized by the author : Silence , ye wolves , while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night ...
... observe here , that Watson died a few years after in my arms . He was greatly regret- * Probably the Dunciad , where ve find him thus immor- talized by the author : Silence , ye wolves , while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night ...
Page 80
... observed me , and , in a loud and angry tone , told me to mind my work ; adding some reproachful words , which piqued me the more , as they were uttered in the street , and the neigh- bors , whom the same noise had attracted to the ...
... observed me , and , in a loud and angry tone , told me to mind my work ; adding some reproachful words , which piqued me the more , as they were uttered in the street , and the neigh- bors , whom the same noise had attracted to the ...
Page 99
... observed that it might easily be obtained , by a mortgage on their house . The reply to this was , after a few days interval , that they did not approve of the match ; that they had consulted Bradford , and found that the business of a ...
... observed that it might easily be obtained , by a mortgage on their house . The reply to this was , after a few days interval , that they did not approve of the match ; that they had consulted Bradford , and found that the business of a ...
Page 101
... time established at a tavern . We held our meetings at the house of Mr. Grace , who appropriated a room to the pur- pose . Some member observed one day that as our books were frequently quoted in the course of our 9 * LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... time established at a tavern . We held our meetings at the house of Mr. Grace , who appropriated a room to the pur- pose . Some member observed one day that as our books were frequently quoted in the course of our 9 * LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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