Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1916 - 314 Seiten |
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... Writing England . Disappointment of Governor's Letters . Colonel French his Friend . Denham . Hamilton . ployment . Ralph not . He is an expense to me . Ad- ventures in England . Write a Pamphlet and print 100 . Schemes . Lyons . Dr ...
... Writing England . Disappointment of Governor's Letters . Colonel French his Friend . Denham . Hamilton . ployment . Ralph not . He is an expense to me . Ad- ventures in England . Write a Pamphlet and print 100 . Schemes . Lyons . Dr ...
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... Writing in newspapers . from Germany . Grant of Land in Nova Scotia . nesses . Letters to America returned hither . sequences . Insurance Office . My character . nothing to be civil to inferiors ; a good deal to be sub- missive to ...
... Writing in newspapers . from Germany . Grant of Land in Nova Scotia . nesses . Letters to America returned hither . sequences . Insurance Office . My character . nothing to be civil to inferiors ; a good deal to be sub- missive to ...
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... writing . Hereby , too , I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men , to be talking of themselves and their own past actions ; and I shall indulge it with- out being tiresome to others , who , through respect to age , might ...
... writing . Hereby , too , I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men , to be talking of themselves and their own past actions ; and I shall indulge it with- out being tiresome to others , who , through respect to age , might ...
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... 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 I acquired fair writing pretty soon , but I failed in the ...
... 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 I acquired fair writing pretty soon , but I failed in the ...
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... writing has been of great use to me in the course of my life , and was a principal means of my advance- ment , I shall tell you how , in such a situation , I acquired what little ability I have in that way . There was another bookish ...
... writing has been of great use to me in the course of my life , and was a principal means of my advance- ment , I shall tell you how , in such a situation , I acquired what little ability I have in that way . There was another bookish ...
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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