Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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Page 18
... hear . He had some knowledge of mechanics , and on occasion was very handy with other tradesmen's tools . But his great excellence was his sound understanding , and his solid judgment in prudential matters , both in private 18 BENJAMIN ...
... hear . He had some knowledge of mechanics , and on occasion was very handy with other tradesmen's tools . But his great excellence was his sound understanding , and his solid judgment in prudential matters , both in private 18 BENJAMIN ...
Page 31
... Hear- ing their conversations , and their accounts of the ap- probation their papers were received with , I was ex- cited to try my hand among them . But , being still a boy , and suspecting that my brother would object to printing ...
... Hear- ing their conversations , and their accounts of the ap- probation their papers were received with , I was ex- cited to try my hand among them . But , being still a boy , and suspecting that my brother would object to printing ...
Page 56
... not so jealous of you ; I wish , therefore , you would take this piece and produce it as yours ; I will pretend not to have had time , and so produce nothing . We shall then hear what he will say 56 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... not so jealous of you ; I wish , therefore , you would take this piece and produce it as yours ; I will pretend not to have had time , and so produce nothing . We shall then hear what he will say 56 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
Page 57
... hear what he will say to it . " It was agreed , and I immediately transcribed it , that it might appear in my own hand . We met . Watson's performance was read ; there were some beauties in it , but many defects . Osborne's was read ...
... hear what he will say to it . " It was agreed , and I immediately transcribed it , that it might appear in my own hand . We met . Watson's performance was read ; there were some beauties in it , but many defects . Osborne's was read ...
Page 5
... hear from you . I long impatiently to have you upon the stage of action . The first of September , or the month of September , perhaps , may be of as much importance to Great Britain as the Ides of March 1 were to Cæsar . I wish you ...
... hear from you . I long impatiently to have you upon the stage of action . The first of September , or the month of September , perhaps , may be of as much importance to Great Britain as the Ides of March 1 were to Cæsar . I wish you ...
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