The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin;: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself: : Together with Essays Humorous, Moral, and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, 1. kötetJohn Tiebout, no. 358 Pearl-Street., 1799 - 139 oldal |
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33. oldal
... less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in diftributing the copies to his customers , after having affifted in compofing and working them off . Among his friends he had a number of litera ...
... less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into execution , and I was employed in diftributing the copies to his customers , after having affifted in compofing and working them off . Among his friends he had a number of litera ...
81. oldal
... less than I earned as a compofitor , but then I had much fairer profpect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed forever , of printing , and gave myself up entirely to my new occupation , fpending all my time . either in going from ...
... less than I earned as a compofitor , but then I had much fairer profpect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed forever , of printing , and gave myself up entirely to my new occupation , fpending all my time . either in going from ...
93. oldal
... less favourable opinion of my Lon- don pamphlet , to which I had prefixed , as a motto , the following lines of Dryden ; Whatever is , is right ; tho ' purblind man Sees but part of the chain , the nearest link , His eyes not carrying ...
... less favourable opinion of my Lon- don pamphlet , to which I had prefixed , as a motto , the following lines of Dryden ; Whatever is , is right ; tho ' purblind man Sees but part of the chain , the nearest link , His eyes not carrying ...
161. oldal
... less favourable reception than he had experienced in Germany . He was introduced to a number of literary characters , and to the King , Louis XV . Several letters written by Hutchinfon , Oliver , and others , to perfons in eminent ...
... less favourable reception than he had experienced in Germany . He was introduced to a number of literary characters , and to the King , Louis XV . Several letters written by Hutchinfon , Oliver , and others , to perfons in eminent ...
171. oldal
... less convincing proof of his power of imitating the style of other times and nations , than his celebrated parable against perfecution . And as the latter led many to search the scriptures with a view to find it , fo the former caused ...
... less convincing proof of his power of imitating the style of other times and nations , than his celebrated parable against perfecution . And as the latter led many to search the scriptures with a view to find it , fo the former caused ...
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