Memoirs of the Life & Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ.M. Dent & sons Limited, 1913 - 314 Seiten |
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... took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse , which might tend to improve the minds of his children . By this means he turned our attention to what was good , just , and prudent in the conduct of life ; and little or ...
... took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse , which might tend to improve the minds of his children . By this means he turned our attention to what was good , just , and prudent in the conduct of life ; and little or ...
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... took me to walk with him , and see joiners , bricklayers , turners , braziers , etc. , at their work , that he might observe my inclination , and endeavor to fix it on some trade or other on land . It has ever since been a pleasure to ...
... took me to walk with him , and see joiners , bricklayers , turners , braziers , etc. , at their work , that he might observe my inclination , and endeavor to fix it on some trade or other on land . It has ever since been a pleasure to ...
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... took notice of me , invited me to his library , and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read . I now took a fancy to poetry , and made some little pieces ; my brother , thinking it might turn to 16 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... took notice of me , invited me to his library , and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read . I now took a fancy to poetry , and made some little pieces ; my brother , thinking it might turn to 16 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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... took the contrary side , perhaps a little for dispute's sake . He was naturally more eloquent , had a ready plenty of words ; and sometimes , as I thought , bore me down more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons . As we ...
... took the contrary side , perhaps a little for dispute's sake . He was naturally more eloquent , had a ready plenty of words ; and sometimes , as I thought , bore me down more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons . As we ...
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... took some of the tales and turned them into verse ; and , after a time , when I had pretty well forgotten the prose , turned them back again . I also sometimes jumbled my collections of hints into confusion , and after some weeks ...
... took some of the tales and turned them into verse ; and , after a time , when I had pretty well forgotten the prose , turned them back again . I also sometimes jumbled my collections of hints into confusion , and after some weeks ...
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