The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... friend , M. Vieillard . Accordingly , the metamorphosis of this interesting piece may be said to resemble the fate of Milton's Epic , which a French abbe paraphrased into inflated prose ; which an English writer , ignorant of its origin ...
... friend , M. Vieillard . Accordingly , the metamorphosis of this interesting piece may be said to resemble the fate of Milton's Epic , which a French abbe paraphrased into inflated prose ; which an English writer , ignorant of its origin ...
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... friends , that I should certainly make a good scholar , encouraged him in this purpose of his . " Franklin , however , continued at the grammar school rather less than a year ; although in that time he had made good progress . The ...
... friends , that I should certainly make a good scholar , encouraged him in this purpose of his . " Franklin , however , continued at the grammar school rather less than a year ; although in that time he had made good progress . The ...
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... friends to dine with him ; but it being brought too soon to table , he could not resist the temptation , and ate the whole before we came . " He In Philadelphia , Franklin soon contracted an acquaintance with several young men fond of ...
... friends to dine with him ; but it being brought too soon to table , he could not resist the temptation , and ate the whole before we came . " He In Philadelphia , Franklin soon contracted an acquaintance with several young men fond of ...
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... friend Ralph , whose dependence was upon his head , did not so readily get work , and was a 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 ...
... friend Ralph , whose dependence was upon his head , did not so readily get work , and was a 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 ...
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... friends to swim , at twice going into the water . On one occasion at the request of the com- pany along with which he had gone up the Thames , he leaped into the river and swam from near Chelsea to Blackfriars , " performing in the way ...
... friends to swim , at twice going into the water . On one occasion at the request of the com- pany along with which he had gone up the Thames , he leaped into the river and swam from near Chelsea to Blackfriars , " performing in the way ...
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