Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen1H. Colburn, 1818 - 541 páginas |
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... expression , in method and in per- spicuity , of which he convinced me by several instances . I saw the justice of his remarks , and thence grew more attentive to my manner of writ- ing , and determined to endeavour to improve my style ...
... expression , in method and in per- spicuity , of which he convinced me by several instances . I saw the justice of his remarks , and thence grew more attentive to my manner of writ- ing , and determined to endeavour to improve my style ...
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... expressed before , in any suita- ble words that should occur to me . Then I com- pared my Spectator with the original , discovered some of my faults , and corrected them . But . I found I wanted a stock of words , or a readiness in ...
... expressed before , in any suita- ble words that should occur to me . Then I com- pared my Spectator with the original , discovered some of my faults , and corrected them . But . I found I wanted a stock of words , or a readiness in ...
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... expressed doubts that my father would assist me in it , Sir William said he would give me a letter to him in which he would set forth the advantages , and he did not doubt , he should determine him to comply . So it was concluded I ...
... expressed doubts that my father would assist me in it , Sir William said he would give me a letter to him in which he would set forth the advantages , and he did not doubt , he should determine him to comply . So it was concluded I ...
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... expression was what we had in view , we ex- cluded all considerations of invention , by agreeing that the task should be a version of the eighteenth psalm , which describes the descent of a deity . When the time of our meeting drew nigh ...
... expression was what we had in view , we ex- cluded all considerations of invention , by agreeing that the task should be a version of the eighteenth psalm , which describes the descent of a deity . When the time of our meeting drew nigh ...
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... expressed himself still more strongly in favor of what he thought my production ; having before refrained , as he said , lest I should think he meant to flatter me . " But who would have imagined , ” said he , " tha Franklin was capable ...
... expressed himself still more strongly in favor of what he thought my production ; having before refrained , as he said , lest I should think he meant to flatter me . " But who would have imagined , ” said he , " tha Franklin was capable ...
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