Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ.M. Dent, 1913 - 314 páginas |
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... never meant to return to Philadelphia . He had brought no money with him , the whole he could muster having been expended in paying his passage . I had fifteen pistoles ; so he borrowed occasionally of me to subsist , while he was ...
... never meant to return to Philadelphia . He had brought no money with him , the whole he could muster having been expended in paying his passage . I had fifteen pistoles ; so he borrowed occasionally of me to subsist , while he was ...
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... never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining , but fell far short of it , yet I was , by the endeavour , a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it ; as those who aim ...
... never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining , but fell far short of it , yet I was , by the endeavour , a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been if I had not attempted it ; as those who aim ...
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... never to ask for an office , and never to refuse one when offer'd to him . " I approve , " says I , " of his rule , and will practice it with a small addition ; I shall never ask , never refuse , nor ever resign an office . If they will ...
... never to ask for an office , and never to refuse one when offer'd to him . " I approve , " says I , " of his rule , and will practice it with a small addition ; I shall never ask , never refuse , nor ever resign an office . If they will ...
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