Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1H. Colburn, 1818 - 541 Seiten |
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... thought , I was vanquished more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons . As we parted without settling the point , and were not to see one another again for some time , I sat down to put my arguments in writing , which I ...
... thought , I was vanquished more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons . As we parted without settling the point , and were not to see one another again for some time , I sat down to put my arguments in writing , which I ...
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... thought I should have acquired before that time , if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for ... thoughts . By comparing my work with the original I disco- vered many faults , and corrected them ; but I sometimes had ...
... thought I should have acquired before that time , if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for ... thoughts . By comparing my work with the original I disco- vered many faults , and corrected them ; but I sometimes had ...
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... thought it tended to make me too vain . This might be one occasion of the dif- ferences we began to have about this time . Though a brother , he considered himself as my master , and me as his apprentice , and accordingly ex- pected the ...
... thought it tended to make me too vain . This might be one occasion of the dif- ferences we began to have about this time . Though a brother , he considered himself as my master , and me as his apprentice , and accordingly ex- pected the ...
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... speaking to every master , who accordingly refused to give me work . I then thought of going to New York , as the nearest place where there was a print- • er . And I was rather inclined to leave PART I. 29 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... speaking to every master , who accordingly refused to give me work . I then thought of going to New York , as the nearest place where there was a print- • er . And I was rather inclined to leave PART I. 29 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... thought myself fixed ' till Tuesday should come . However , walking in the evening by the side of the river , a boat came by , which I found was going towards Philadelphia with several people in her . They took me in , and as there was ...
... thought myself fixed ' till Tuesday should come . However , walking in the evening by the side of the river , a boat came by , which I found was going towards Philadelphia with several people in her . They took me in , and as there was ...
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