The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His AutobiographyPhillips, Sampson, 1857 - 488 pages |
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... writer and an essayist ; and yet he has himself confessed that he was indebted mainly to his pen for his advancement in public life . He was singularly indifferent , however , to any reputation or profit that might accrue from his writ ...
... writer and an essayist ; and yet he has himself confessed that he was indebted mainly to his pen for his advancement in public life . He was singularly indifferent , however , to any reputation or profit that might accrue from his writ ...
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... Writer - Last Public Act -Last Letter - Wash- ington Closing Years Lord Jeffrey on his Correspondence — His Style Sir H. Davy's Estimate Generosity- Habits- Personal Ap- -Sir F. Romilly's Description- pearance Death Last Illness Obse ...
... Writer - Last Public Act -Last Letter - Wash- ington Closing Years Lord Jeffrey on his Correspondence — His Style Sir H. Davy's Estimate Generosity- Habits- Personal Ap- -Sir F. Romilly's Description- pearance Death Last Illness Obse ...
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... Writing The Art of Virtue . To Miss Mary Stevenson . May 16 , 1760 421 To George Whitefield . 19 June , 1764 . Advice in Reading . Trust in Providence . To the Editor of a London Newspaper . 20 May , 1765 . Satirical Defence of ...
... Writing The Art of Virtue . To Miss Mary Stevenson . May 16 , 1760 421 To George Whitefield . 19 June , 1764 . Advice in Reading . Trust in Providence . To the Editor of a London Newspaper . 20 May , 1765 . Satirical Defence of ...
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... writer and sagacious statesman , who took up his temporary resi- dence in London . His electrical discoveries had been pro- mulgated some ten years before . His first letter on the subject was communicated March 28 , 1747 , to Peter Col ...
... writer and sagacious statesman , who took up his temporary resi- dence in London . His electrical discoveries had been pro- mulgated some ten years before . His first letter on the subject was communicated March 28 , 1747 , to Peter Col ...
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... writers on the other side , the Assembly sent him as their agent , as already mentioned , to represent their case to the king . On his arrival in England he found that the newspapers were mostly in the Proprietary interest , and that ...
... writers on the other side , the Assembly sent him as their agent , as already mentioned , to represent their case to the king . On his arrival in England he found that the newspapers were mostly in the Proprietary interest , and that ...
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