Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1916 - 314 Seiten |
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... took the opportunity of saying a word to those wise men on a matter that had been a good deal in his mind for some time . He wanted to know what had become of the MS . of Franklin's Auto biography , and whether one could not find it if ...
... took the opportunity of saying a word to those wise men on a matter that had been a good deal in his mind for some time . He wanted to know what had become of the MS . of Franklin's Auto biography , and whether one could not find it if ...
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... took steps to publish his grandfather's Works , he wished to have a fair copy of the Memoirs " for the printers . " And being one of these editors - so exceptional , and extraordinary , and fortunate ! -who do not fatigue themselves ...
... took steps to publish his grandfather's Works , he wished to have a fair copy of the Memoirs " for the printers . " And being one of these editors - so exceptional , and extraordinary , and fortunate ! -who do not fatigue themselves ...
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... took surnames all over the kingdom ) , on a freehold of about thirty acres , aided by the smith's business , which had con- tinued in the family till his time , the eldest son being always bred to that business ; a custom which he and ...
... took surnames all over the kingdom ) , on a freehold of about thirty acres , aided by the smith's business , which had con- tinued in the family till his time , the eldest son being always bred to that business ; a custom which he and ...
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... my father . He was very pious , a great attender of sermons of the best preachers , which he took down in his short - hand , and had with him many volumes of them . He 8 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN distance from my papers, and if these are not ...
... my father . He was very pious , a great attender of sermons of the best preachers , which he took down in his short - hand , and had with him many volumes of them . He 8 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN distance from my papers, and if these are not ...
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... took me from the grammar - school , and sent me to a school for writing and arithmetic , kept by a then famous man , Mr George Brownell , very successful in his pro- fession generally , and that by mild , encouraging methods . Under him ...
... took me from the grammar - school , and sent me to a school for writing and arithmetic , kept by a then famous man , Mr George Brownell , very successful in his pro- fession generally , and that by mild , encouraging methods . Under him ...
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