The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... kind relation . At length an arbitrary interdiction from the State to James , against his paper - a political offence having been alleged , →→ caused Benjamin's name to be employed as publisher , and in consequence , his indentures to ...
... kind relation . At length an arbitrary interdiction from the State to James , against his paper - a political offence having been alleged , →→ caused Benjamin's name to be employed as publisher , and in consequence , his indentures to ...
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... kind enough to rouse me . This therefore , was the first house I was in , or slept in , in Philadelphia . " Franklin , notwithstanding this unpromising commencement , soon met with employment in his business from one Keimer , who united ...
... kind enough to rouse me . This therefore , was the first house I was in , or slept in , in Philadelphia . " Franklin , notwithstanding this unpromising commencement , soon met with employment in his business from one Keimer , who united ...
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... kind of unprovoked murder , since none of them had , nor could do us any injury that might justify this massacre . All this seemed very rea sonable . But I had been formerly a great lover of fish , and when it came out of the frying ...
... kind of unprovoked murder , since none of them had , nor could do us any injury that might justify this massacre . All this seemed very rea sonable . But I had been formerly a great lover of fish , and when it came out of the frying ...
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... kind of rowing with the arms and legs ; and the addition of a sail , as he terms it , was suggested by his approaching a pond , while flying a kite on a summer's day . He fancied it possible to cross in this manner from Dover to Calais ...
... kind of rowing with the arms and legs ; and the addition of a sail , as he terms it , was suggested by his approaching a pond , while flying a kite on a summer's day . He fancied it possible to cross in this manner from Dover to Calais ...
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... kind of veneration . His aspect is sweetened with humanity and be- nevolence , and at the same time emboldened with resolution , equally free from diffident bashfulness and an unbecoming assurance . The con- sciousness of his innate ...
... kind of veneration . His aspect is sweetened with humanity and be- nevolence , and at the same time emboldened with resolution , equally free from diffident bashfulness and an unbecoming assurance . The con- sciousness of his innate ...
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