The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 Seiten |
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... Brother , Mr. John Frank- lin 140 To the late Dr. Mather , of Boston 141 The Whistle , a true Story , written to his Ne- phew 143 A Petition of the Left Hand 144 The Handsome and Deformed Leg 146 Conversation of a Company of Ephemeræ ...
... Brother , Mr. John Frank- lin 140 To the late Dr. Mather , of Boston 141 The Whistle , a true Story , written to his Ne- phew 143 A Petition of the Left Hand 144 The Handsome and Deformed Leg 146 Conversation of a Company of Ephemeræ ...
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... brothers. were. all. put. apprentices. to. different. trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - school . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of my ...
... brothers. were. all. put. apprentices. to. different. trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar - school . My father destined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of my ...
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... brother John , who had served his appren- ticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and settled in business on his own account at Rhode Island , I was destined , to all ap- pearance , to supply his place , and be ...
... brother John , who had served his appren- ticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and settled in business on his own account at Rhode Island , I was destined , to all ap- pearance , to supply his place , and be ...
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... brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a press and types , iuyor- der to establish a printing - house at Boston . This business pleased me much better than that of my fa- ther , though I had still a predilection for the sea ...
... brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a press and types , iuyor- der to establish a printing - house at Boston . This business pleased me much better than that of my fa- ther , though I had still a predilection for the sea ...
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... brother . I had now an opportunity of procuring bet ter books . The acquaintance I necessarily formed with booksellers ' apprentices , enabled me to borrow a volume now and then , which I never failed to re- turn punctually and without ...
... brother . I had now an opportunity of procuring bet ter books . The acquaintance I necessarily formed with booksellers ' apprentices , enabled me to borrow a volume now and then , which I never failed to re- turn punctually and without ...
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