of the late

Doctor Benjamin Franklin :

Consisting of

HIS LIFE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF,

together with
Efsays, Humorous. Moral & Literary,
Chiefly in the Manner of

THE SPECTATOR.

IN TWO VOLUME S.
VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed for G.G. J. and J. ROBINSON,

Pater-nofter Row.

17.93.

ON Early Marriages

On the Death of his Brother, Mr.

John Franklin

To the late Doctor Mather of Bofton

The Whistle, a true Story; written

to his Nephew

A Petition of the Left Hand

The bandfome and deformed Leg

Converfation of a Company of Ephe-

mera; with the Soliloquy of one

advanced in Age

Morals of Chefs

-

The Art of procuring pleasant Dreams

Advice to a young Tradesman

Page

55

Neceffary

Neceffary Hints to thofe that would be

rich

The Way to make Money plenty in

every Man's Pocket

An economical Project

On modern Innovations in the English

Language, and in Printing

An Account of the highest Court of

Judicature in Pennsylvania, viz.

the Court of the Prefs

Paper: a Poem

On the Art of Swimming

New Mode of Bathing

Obfervations on the generally prevail-

ing Doctrines of Life and Death

Precautions to be used by thofe who

are about to undertake a Sea Voy-

age.

On Luxury, Idleness, and Industry

On the Slave Trade

-

1734

On the Criminal Laws, and the

Practice of Privateering

Remarks concerning the Savages of

North America

To Mr. Dubourg, concerning the Dif-

Jentions between England and Ame-

rica

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A Comparison of the Conduct of the

Ancient Jews, and of the Antifede-

ralifts in the United States of Ame-

rica

- The Internal State of America: be-

ing a true Defcription of the In-

tereft and Policy of that vaft Con-

tinent

Information to thofe who would re-

move to America

Final Speech of Dr. Franklin in the

late Federal Convention

Sketch of an English School

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