Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1916 - 314 Seiten |
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... letters , and was ingenious , but much of an unbeliever , and wickedly undertook , some years after , to travestie the Bible in doggrel verse , as Cotton had done Virgil . By this means he set many of the facts in a very ridiculous ...
... letters , and was ingenious , but much of an unbeliever , and wickedly undertook , some years after , to travestie the Bible in doggrel verse , as Cotton had done Virgil . By this means he set many of the facts in a very ridiculous ...
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... letter , no one could help him . I endeavor'd to put his press ( which he had not yet us'd , and of which he understood nothing ) into order fit to be work'd with ; and , promising to come and print off his Elegy as soon as he should ...
... letter , no one could help him . I endeavor'd to put his press ( which he had not yet us'd , and of which he understood nothing ) into order fit to be work'd with ; and , promising to come and print off his Elegy as soon as he should ...
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... letter mentioning the concern of my friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assur- ing me of their good will to me , and that every thing would be accommodated to my mind if I would return , to which he exhorted me very earnestly . I ...
... letter mentioning the concern of my friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assur- ing me of their good will to me , and that every thing would be accommodated to my mind if I would return , to which he exhorted me very earnestly . I ...
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... letter to him , in which he would state the advantages , and he did not doubt of prevailing with him . So it was concluded I should return to Boston in the first vessel , with the governor's letter recommending me to my father . In the ...
... letter to him , in which he would state the advantages , and he did not doubt of prevailing with him . So it was concluded I should return to Boston in the first vessel , with the governor's letter recommending me to my father . In the ...
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... letter , saying many flattering things of me to my father , and strongly recommending the project of my setting up at Philadelphia as a thing that must make my fortune . We struck on a shoal in going down the bay , and sprung a leak ...
... letter , saying many flattering things of me to my father , and strongly recommending the project of my setting up at Philadelphia as a thing that must make my fortune . We struck on a shoal in going down the bay , and sprung a leak ...
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acquaintance Adams affairs afterwards America appear'd appointed arriv'd Art of Virtue Arthur Lee ask'd Assembly attend Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Boston British brought captain character colonies colonists Comte de Vergennes conduct Congress continu'd continued dispute Dr Franklin employ'd England English father favour France French friends gave give good-natur'd Government governor hands Indians instructions interest John Adams Keimer kind King letters lived London Lord Lord Loudoun means ment mind never occasion opinion pamphlet paper Paxton Boy Penn Pennsylvania perhaps person Philadelphia Poor Richard's Almanack present printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietaries province Quakers Ralph reason receiv'd respect sail sect sent ship Silas Deane soon Stamp Act street Temple Franklin things thought thro tion took treaty Veillard virtue waggons whole words writing wrote young