The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... favour , cannot lay claim to originality , or close accuracy ; being only a re - translation , of which , however , numerous editions have been circulated , continuing to this day be read , nay to be quoted by respectable writers , as ...
... favour , cannot lay claim to originality , or close accuracy ; being only a re - translation , of which , however , numerous editions have been circulated , continuing to this day be read , nay to be quoted by respectable writers , as ...
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... favour his flight . Accordingly he departed by sea for New York , having sold part of his books in order to be master of a small sum of money , and almost immediately proceeded to Philadelphia , which was a hundred miles farther . His ...
... favour his flight . Accordingly he departed by sea for New York , having sold part of his books in order to be master of a small sum of money , and almost immediately proceeded to Philadelphia , which was a hundred miles farther . His ...
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... money taking place , he wrote an anonymous pamphlet in favour of the measure which was well received , and contributed to its success . This obtained for him farther countenance from persons in power , LIFE OF FRANKLIN , 21.
... money taking place , he wrote an anonymous pamphlet in favour of the measure which was well received , and contributed to its success . This obtained for him farther countenance from persons in power , LIFE OF FRANKLIN , 21.
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... favour of his orphan - house in that state . Objections existed in America to his peculiar strain of preaching , as well as in his native country . Franklin , however , was not to be deterred by the example of the great or the ...
... favour of his orphan - house in that state . Objections existed in America to his peculiar strain of preaching , as well as in his native country . Franklin , however , was not to be deterred by the example of the great or the ...
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... favour to the bold , and heaven to the virtuous . " In 1742 , Franklin launched his first practical invention in philosophy , by presenting a friend , Mr. Robert Green , of Philadelphia , with a model of an open stove for the better ...
... favour to the bold , and heaven to the virtuous . " In 1742 , Franklin launched his first practical invention in philosophy , by presenting a friend , Mr. Robert Green , of Philadelphia , with a model of an open stove for the better ...
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