The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... facts have been gathered are - first , the " Memoirs " by Franklin himself , extending from his birth to 1757 - second , the continuation , in quarto by his grandson and literary legatee , William Temple Franklin , and that by Jared ...
... facts have been gathered are - first , the " Memoirs " by Franklin himself , extending from his birth to 1757 - second , the continuation , in quarto by his grandson and literary legatee , William Temple Franklin , and that by Jared ...
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... fact is , strangely enough , that the whole of these editions are no other than a translation from the French , which of itself is a professed version of a transcription ; the translation alluded to having been made from an original ...
... fact is , strangely enough , that the whole of these editions are no other than a translation from the French , which of itself is a professed version of a transcription ; the translation alluded to having been made from an original ...
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... this worthy son of the muses , had not so ungratefully abandoned them . In fact he was composing verses in solid printing metal , not finding them to require the crucible of writing or further thought 12 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... this worthy son of the muses , had not so ungratefully abandoned them . In fact he was composing verses in solid printing metal , not finding them to require the crucible of writing or further thought 12 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... fact , neither were there of the reports of his death . Over these , and other difficulties , however , they ventured , and were made one , Sep- tember 1st , 1730. Neither the former claim on the young lady - nor any of its troublesome ...
... fact , neither were there of the reports of his death . Over these , and other difficulties , however , they ventured , and were made one , Sep- tember 1st , 1730. Neither the former claim on the young lady - nor any of its troublesome ...
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... fact , that of a general volunteer militia , twelve hundred signatures to it were obtained on the occasion . In the neighbourhood the flame spread with equal ardour . Copies of the ad- dress being promptly circulated , ten thousand men ...
... fact , that of a general volunteer militia , twelve hundred signatures to it were obtained on the occasion . In the neighbourhood the flame spread with equal ardour . Copies of the ad- dress being promptly circulated , ten thousand men ...
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