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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... mind all its circumftances , and to render their remem- brance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus employing myfelf , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and ...
... mind all its circumftances , and to render their remem- brance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus employing myfelf , I fhall yield to the inclination , fo natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and ...
21. oldal
... minds of his children . By this means he early attracted our attention to what was juft , prudent , and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never difcuffed whether they were ...
... minds of his children . By this means he early attracted our attention to what was juft , prudent , and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never difcuffed whether they were ...
27. oldal
... endeavoured to restore the effays to their true form , and to express each thought at length , as it was in the riginal , employing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards com- pared DR . FRANKLIN . 27.
... endeavoured to restore the effays to their true form , and to express each thought at length , as it was in the riginal , employing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards com- pared DR . FRANKLIN . 27.
28. oldal
... mind . I afterwards com- pared my Spectator with the original ; I per- ceived fome faults , which I corrected : but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may fo exprefs myself , and a facility of recollecting and employing them ...
... mind . I afterwards com- pared my Spectator with the original ; I per- ceived fome faults , which I corrected : but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may fo exprefs myself , and a facility of recollecting and employing them ...
31. oldal
... minds of others , and perfuade them to the adoption of the measures I have fuggefted . And fince the chief ends of conver- sation are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to perfuade , I could wish that intelligent and well ...
... minds of others , and perfuade them to the adoption of the measures I have fuggefted . And fince the chief ends of conver- sation are , to inform or to be informed , to please or to perfuade , I could wish that intelligent and well ...
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