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By means of that very press which ne found so remarkably busy with
Pensylvanian affairs , he was determined to make that appeal to the public which
he had never hitherto attempted in vain . A paper which appeared about this time
in the ...
By means of that very press which ne found so remarkably busy with
Pensylvanian affairs , he was determined to make that appeal to the public which
he had never hitherto attempted in vain . A paper which appeared about this time
in the ...
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The Assembly sitting through the following winter , and warm disputes arising
between them and the governor , I became wholly engaged in public affairs : for
besides my duty as an Assembly man , I had another trust to execute , that of
being ...
The Assembly sitting through the following winter , and warm disputes arising
between them and the governor , I became wholly engaged in public affairs : for
besides my duty as an Assembly man , I had another trust to execute , that of
being ...
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Congress had therefore to make provision for a new one , appointing Franklin ,
postmaster - general , with a salary of one tbousand dollars a year . For several
months the proceedings of Congress turned mostly on military affairs . An army
was ...
Congress had therefore to make provision for a new one , appointing Franklin ,
postmaster - general , with a salary of one tbousand dollars a year . For several
months the proceedings of Congress turned mostly on military affairs . An army
was ...
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This was the more reprehensible , as Franklin consulted him on fitting occasions
respecting the affairs of the colony , treated him as a friend , considered him as
such , and spoke favourably of him in his correspondence . It is true , that these ...
This was the more reprehensible , as Franklin consulted him on fitting occasions
respecting the affairs of the colony , treated him as a friend , considered him as
such , and spoke favourably of him in his correspondence . It is true , that these ...
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His great fund of knowledge and experience in human affairs , contributed to give
a peculiar charm to his conversation , enriched as it was by original reflections ,
enlivened by a vein of pleasantry , and by ingenious apologues in the happy ...
His great fund of knowledge and experience in human affairs , contributed to give
a peculiar charm to his conversation , enriched as it was by original reflections ,
enlivened by a vein of pleasantry , and by ingenious apologues in the happy ...
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| Titel | The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous Works |
| Autor/in | John Stanley (printer.) |
| Verlag | Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Jan. 2016 |
| Länge | 162 Seiten |
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