Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1916 - 314 páginas |
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... sensible man , a pretty good writer , and a good governor for the people , tho ' not for his constituents , the proprietaries , whose instructions he · sometimes disregarded . Several of our best laws were 50 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... sensible man , a pretty good writer , and a good governor for the people , tho ' not for his constituents , the proprietaries , whose instructions he · sometimes disregarded . Several of our best laws were 50 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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... instructions ; so I return'd , and we went on more smoothly than for some time before . The New Jersey jobb was obtain'd , I contriv'd a copperplate press for it , the first that had been seen in the country ; I cut several ornaments ...
... instructions ; so I return'd , and we went on more smoothly than for some time before . The New Jersey jobb was obtain'd , I contriv'd a copperplate press for it , the first that had been seen in the country ; I cut several ornaments ...
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... instructions to me when a boy , frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon , " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling , he shall stand before kings , he shall not stand before mean men , " I from thence considered industry as a means of ...
... instructions to me when a boy , frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon , " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling , he shall stand before kings , he shall not stand before mean men , " I from thence considered industry as a means of ...
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... instruction among the common people , who bought scarcely any other books ; I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurr'd between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences , chiefly such as inculcated ...
... instruction among the common people , who bought scarcely any other books ; I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurr'd between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences , chiefly such as inculcated ...
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... instruction , and in that view frequently reprinted in it extracts from the Spectator , and other moral writers ; and sometimes publish'd little pieces of my own , which had been first compos'd for reading in our Junto . Of these are a ...
... instruction , and in that view frequently reprinted in it extracts from the Spectator , and other moral writers ; and sometimes publish'd little pieces of my own , which had been first compos'd for reading in our Junto . Of these are a ...
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acquaintance Adams affairs afterwards America appear'd appointed arriv'd Art of Virtue Arthur Lee ask'd Assembly attend Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Boston British brought captain character colonies colonists Comte de Vergennes conduct Congress continu'd continued dispute Dr Franklin employ'd England English father favour France French friends gave give good-natur'd Government governor hands Indians instructions interest John Adams Keimer kind King letters lived London Lord Lord Loudoun means ment mind never occasion opinion pamphlet paper Paxton Boy Penn Pennsylvania perhaps person Philadelphia Poor Richard's Almanack present printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietaries province Quakers Ralph reason receiv'd respect sail sect sent ship Silas Deane soon Stamp Act street Temple Franklin things thought thro tion took treaty Veillard virtue waggons whole words writing wrote young