Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Company, 1910 - 314 pages |
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Page 37
... opinion that he must be of small discretion to think of setting a boy up in business who wanted yet three years of being at man's estate . Holmes said what he could in favor of the project , but my father was clear in the impro- priety ...
... opinion that he must be of small discretion to think of setting a boy up in business who wanted yet three years of being at man's estate . Holmes said what he could in favor of the project , but my father was clear in the impro- priety ...
Page 97
Benjamin Franklin William MacDonald. with an opinion that the worst had some good effects , induc'd me to avoid all discourse that might tend to lessen the good opinion another might have of his own religion ; and as our province increas ...
Benjamin Franklin William MacDonald. with an opinion that the worst had some good effects , induc'd me to avoid all discourse that might tend to lessen the good opinion another might have of his own religion ; and as our province increas ...
Page 109
... opinion , such as certainly , undoubtedly , etc. , and I adopted , instead of them , I conceive , I apprehend , or I imagine a thing to be so or so ; or it so appears to me at pre- sent . When another asserted something that I thought ...
... opinion , such as certainly , undoubtedly , etc. , and I adopted , instead of them , I conceive , I apprehend , or I imagine a thing to be so or so ; or it so appears to me at pre- sent . When another asserted something that I thought ...
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