The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... America has been put in possession of the interesting relic , England has obtained a sum of money which is now appropriated to the relief of one pensioner , called the " Franklin Pensioner , " to which a disabled printer , of any ...
... America has been put in possession of the interesting relic , England has obtained a sum of money which is now appropriated to the relief of one pensioner , called the " Franklin Pensioner , " to which a disabled printer , of any ...
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... heavy drain upon Franklin's earnings , The morals of the two did not improve from their society . Ralph forgot his wife and child in America , and the other in a great 66 to measure , gave up all recollections of Miss LIFE OF FRANKLJN 13.
... heavy drain upon Franklin's earnings , The morals of the two did not improve from their society . Ralph forgot his wife and child in America , and the other in a great 66 to measure , gave up all recollections of Miss LIFE OF FRANKLJN 13.
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... to make was uncertain ; so that in consequence of a previous engage- inent , to be fulfilled in America , he could not accept of the baronet's proposal . The autobiographer nevertheless was led to suppose from 16 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... to make was uncertain ; so that in consequence of a previous engage- inent , to be fulfilled in America , he could not accept of the baronet's proposal . The autobiographer nevertheless was led to suppose from 16 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... America . Some years after he had something of more importance to transact with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Earl of Egremont . Connected with the subject of swimming , it may here be mentioned that our young ...
... America . Some years after he had something of more importance to transact with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Earl of Egremont . Connected with the subject of swimming , it may here be mentioned that our young ...
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... quently in want of the necessary quantity of type , there being no such trade as that of letter - founder at the time in America . Franklin had seen the practice of this art in England , although he 18 LIFE OF FRANKLIN.
... quently in want of the necessary quantity of type , there being no such trade as that of letter - founder at the time in America . Franklin had seen the practice of this art in England , although he 18 LIFE OF FRANKLIN.
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