 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...advantage. There was also a book of Be Foe's, called an Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called an Essay to do good, which perhaps gave me...turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father -to make... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...also a book of De Foe1 1, called an Essay on Projects, atod another of Dr. Mather's, called an Estay to do good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 668 pages
...advantage. There was also a book of Defoe's, called An Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called An Essay to do Good, which perhaps gave me...of thinking, that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 664 pages
...There was also a book of Defoe's, called Jin Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called Jin Essay to do Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking, that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...There was also a book of Defoe's, called Jin Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called Jin Essay to do Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking, that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to- make... | |
 | 1845 - 608 pages
...library in 1845.] DANIEL DE FOE. his uncle's house, ' a book of De Foe's, called an Essay on Projects, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.' He composed the Essay here; though it was not published until... | |
 | 1846 - 386 pages
...works it abounds with original and sagacious remarks. Franklin acknowledges that this essay " gave him a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of his^ life," and many other writers and speculators have derived serviceable... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...There was also a book of Defoe's, called Jin Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called Jin Essay to do Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking, that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs - 1849 - 78 pages
...advantage. There was also a book of De Foe's, called an Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called an Essay to do Good, which perhaps gave me...turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1850 - 666 pages
...advantage. There was also a book of Defoe's, called An Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called An Essay to do Good, which perhaps gave me...of thinking, that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
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Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. 
