Memoirs of the Life & Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ.M. Dent & sons Limited, 1913 - 314 Seiten |
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... afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's Historical Collections ; they were small chapmen's books , and cheap , 40 or 50 in all . My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity , most of which I ...
... afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's Historical Collections ; they were small chapmen's books , and cheap , 40 or 50 in all . My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity , most of which I ...
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... afterwards with the original , I discovered many faults and amended them ; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that , in certain particulars of small import , I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language , and ...
... afterwards with the original , I discovered many faults and amended them ; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that , in certain particulars of small import , I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language , and ...
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... and had , as I afterward found , a good deal of the knave in his composition . He did not like my lodging at Bradford's while I work'd with him . He had a house , indeed , but without furniture , so he C 33 HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
... and had , as I afterward found , a good deal of the knave in his composition . He did not like my lodging at Bradford's while I work'd with him . He had a house , indeed , but without furniture , so he C 33 HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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... afterwards told me in Boston , but I knew as yet nothing of it ; when , one day , Keimer and I being at work together near the window , we saw the governor and another gentleman ( which proved to be Colonel French , of Newcastle ) ...
... afterwards told me in Boston , but I knew as yet nothing of it ; when , one day , Keimer and I being at work together near the window , we saw the governor and another gentleman ( which proved to be Colonel French , of Newcastle ) ...
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... afterwards occasion'd me a good deal of uneasiness . At Newport we took in a number of passengers for New York , among which were two young women , companions , and a grave , sensible , matron- like Quaker woman , with her attendants ...
... afterwards occasion'd me a good deal of uneasiness . At Newport we took in a number of passengers for New York , among which were two young women , companions , and a grave , sensible , matron- like Quaker woman , with her attendants ...
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