The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... colonies . It soon came into general demand , and Franklin vended annually ten thousand copies . In his own precise and clever way , he filled all the spaces that occurred between the remarkable days in the Calendar with proverbial ...
... colonies . It soon came into general demand , and Franklin vended annually ten thousand copies . In his own precise and clever way , he filled all the spaces that occurred between the remarkable days in the Calendar with proverbial ...
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... colonies in its most important forms , as well as to the personal acquaintance of all the members of the house ; and , by securing him the public printing and other business , was in every way subservient to his advancement . His re ...
... colonies in its most important forms , as well as to the personal acquaintance of all the members of the house ; and , by securing him the public printing and other business , was in every way subservient to his advancement . His re ...
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... colonies in want of printers . The plan he adopted was to select one of the most competent and discreet of his workmen , and enter into explicit articles of partner- ship with him for six years , Franklin furnishing all the capital for ...
... colonies in want of printers . The plan he adopted was to select one of the most competent and discreet of his workmen , and enter into explicit articles of partner- ship with him for six years , Franklin furnishing all the capital for ...
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... colonies and the mother country into col- lision a contest which terminated in one of the greatest events in modern history . Franklin and Washington , but especially the former , rendered themselves very conspicuous in this war . The ...
... colonies and the mother country into col- lision a contest which terminated in one of the greatest events in modern history . Franklin and Washington , but especially the former , rendered themselves very conspicuous in this war . The ...
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... colonies , he projected a scheme of union , embracing the regulation of all the great political interests of the colonies and the mother country . The " Albany plan , " as it was called , after it was adopted by the congress , proposed ...
... colonies , he projected a scheme of union , embracing the regulation of all the great political interests of the colonies and the mother country . The " Albany plan , " as it was called , after it was adopted by the congress , proposed ...
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