The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... 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 country , is eligible if there be a vacancy , upon his appli- cation ...
... 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 country , is eligible if there be a vacancy , upon his appli- cation ...
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... England , till the end of Charles the Second's reign , when some of the ministers that had been ousted for their nonconformity , holding conventicles in Northampton- shire , my uncle Benjamin and my father Josiah adhered to them , and ...
... England , till the end of Charles the Second's reign , when some of the ministers that had been ousted for their nonconformity , holding conventicles in Northampton- shire , my uncle Benjamin and my father Josiah adhered to them , and ...
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... England with a press and letters to set up his business in Boston ; and thus Franklin's course and fortunes were in a great measure decided for the remainder of his days . He soon rendered himself a proficient in the mechanical part of ...
... England with a press and letters to set up his business in Boston ; and thus Franklin's course and fortunes were in a great measure decided for the remainder of his days . He soon rendered himself a proficient in the mechanical part of ...
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... England , in order to furnish himself with all the necessaries of a new printing - office . Franklin gladly embraced the proposal , and set sail to- wards the close of 1724 ; accompanied by his intimate companion , Ralph , who ...
... England , in order to furnish himself with all the necessaries of a new printing - office . Franklin gladly embraced the proposal , and set sail to- wards the close of 1724 ; accompanied by his intimate companion , Ralph , who ...
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... ENGLAND AND SETTLES IN PHILADELPHIA , AFTER an abode of some eighteen months in London , Franklin set sail for Philadelphia , where he had found an engagement to act in the ca- pacity of clerk to a Mr. Denham , a worthy person who was ...
... ENGLAND AND SETTLES IN PHILADELPHIA , AFTER an abode of some eighteen months in London , Franklin set sail for Philadelphia , where he had found an engagement to act in the ca- pacity of clerk to a Mr. Denham , a worthy person who was ...
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