The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... proposed and effected by the Doctor in 1744 ; and the result of the transference of the press from the place of its original existence is this that , while America has been put in possession of the interesting relic , England has ...
... proposed and effected by the Doctor in 1744 ; and the result of the transference of the press from the place of its original existence is this that , while America has been put in possession of the interesting relic , England has ...
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... proposed as things forgot . Franklin early obtained that dominion over his appetite which is so important a step in moral discipline . Of this a remarkable instance was the effect produced upon him by reading in his sixteenth year , a ...
... proposed as things forgot . Franklin early obtained that dominion over his appetite which is so important a step in moral discipline . Of this a remarkable instance was the effect produced upon him by reading in his sixteenth year , a ...
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... way , that he seriously proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of setting up a new sect . He was to preach the doctrines , and I was to confound all apponents . When he came to explain with me LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 13.
... way , that he seriously proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of setting up a new sect . He was to preach the doctrines , and I was to confound all apponents . When he came to explain with me LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 13.
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... proposed to the young man to make a voyage to 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 ...
... proposed to the young man to make a voyage to 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 ...
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... to make was uncertain ; so that in consequence of a previous engage- inent , to be fulfilled in America , he could not accept of the baronet's proposal . The autobiographer nevertheless was led to suppose from 16 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... to make was uncertain ; so that in consequence of a previous engage- inent , to be fulfilled in America , he could not accept of the baronet's proposal . The autobiographer nevertheless was led to suppose from 16 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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