The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... thought to have but little . " I walked towards the top of the street gazing about till near Market Street , where I met a boy with bread . I had often made a meal of dry bread , and inquiring where he had bought it , I went immediately ...
... thought to have but little . " I walked towards the top of the street gazing about till near Market Street , where I met a boy with bread . I had often made a meal of dry bread , and inquiring where he had bought it , I went immediately ...
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... thought ; and with but a pair of cases , this metalic stream was proceeding solely out of " one small head . " However , Franklin was the only pressman of the two , and found himself quickly the sole person in Philadelphia , who was ...
... thought ; and with but a pair of cases , this metalic stream was proceeding solely out of " one small head . " However , Franklin was the only pressman of the two , and found himself quickly the sole person in Philadelphia , who was ...
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... thought of returning as yet to America . Some years after he had something of more importance to transact with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Earl of Egremont . Connected with the subject of swimming , it may here be ...
... thought of returning as yet to America . Some years after he had something of more importance to transact with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Earl of Egremont . Connected with the subject of swimming , it may here be ...
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... thoughts of setting up for himself ; this he brought to effect by means of a partnership with one Meredith , a fellow workman , whose father was capable of advancing them some pecuniary assistance to start with . They took a house in ...
... thoughts of setting up for himself ; this he brought to effect by means of a partnership with one Meredith , a fellow workman , whose father was capable of advancing them some pecuniary assistance to start with . They took a house in ...
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... thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and china bowl as well as any of his neighbours . This was the first appearance of plate and china in our house ; which afterwards in a course of years , as our wealth increased , augmented ...
... thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and china bowl as well as any of his neighbours . This was the first appearance of plate and china in our house ; which afterwards in a course of years , as our wealth increased , augmented ...
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