The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinDonnelley & Sons, 1915 - 264 páginas |
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... observe my inclination , and endeavor to fix it on some trade or other on land . It has ever since been a pleasure to me to see good work- men handle their tools ; and it has been useful to me , having learnt so much by it as to be able ...
... observe my inclination , and endeavor to fix it on some trade or other on land . It has ever since been a pleasure to me to see good work- men handle their tools ; and it has been useful to me , having learnt so much by it as to be able ...
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... observed , seldom fall into it , except lawyers , university men , and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh . Per- A question was once , somehow or other , + started between Collins and me , of the pro- priety 17 Benjamin ...
... observed , seldom fall into it , except lawyers , university men , and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh . Per- A question was once , somehow or other , + started between Collins and me , of the pro- priety 17 Benjamin ...
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... observed that , though I had the advantage of my antag- onist in correct spelling and pointing ( which I owed to the printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method , and in per- spicuity , of which he ...
... observed that , though I had the advantage of my antag- onist in correct spelling and pointing ( which I owed to the printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method , and in per- spicuity , of which he ...
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... observed and heard that had escaped my notice , but now convinced me she was right . I thanked her for her kind advice , and promised to follow it . When we arrived at New York , they told me where they lived and invited me to come and ...
... observed and heard that had escaped my notice , but now convinced me she was right . I thanked her for her kind advice , and promised to follow it . When we arrived at New York , they told me where they lived and invited me to come and ...
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... observations , criticisms , and cor- rections . As language and expression were what we had in view , we excluded all consider- ations of invention by agreeing that the task should be a version of the Eighteenth Psalm , which describes ...
... observations , criticisms , and cor- rections . As language and expression were what we had in view , we excluded all consider- ations of invention by agreeing that the task should be a version of the Eighteenth Psalm , which describes ...
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