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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... called a franklin , en- riched with great possessions ; and also other freeholders and many yeomen , able for their livelihood to make a jury in form aforementioned . " ' Old Translation . Chaucer too , calls his country - gentleman a ...
... called a franklin , en- riched with great possessions ; and also other freeholders and many yeomen , able for their livelihood to make a jury in form aforementioned . " ' Old Translation . Chaucer too , calls his country - gentleman a ...
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... called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler : and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he had served no apprenticeship , but which he embraced ou his arrival in New England , because he found ...
... called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler : and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he had served no apprenticeship , but which he embraced ou his arrival in New England , because he found ...
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... called home . From my earliest years I had been passionately fond of reading , and I laid out in books all the money I could procure . I was particularly pleased with ac- counts of voyages . My first acquisition was Bun- yan's ...
... called home . From my earliest years I had been passionately fond of reading , and I laid out in books all the money I could procure . I was particularly pleased with ac- counts of voyages . My first acquisition was Bun- yan's ...
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... called the Light - house Tra gedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Cap- tain Worthilake and his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were ...
... called the Light - house Tra gedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Cap- tain Worthilake and his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were ...
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... called out to them , and made signs to prevail on them to come and take us up ; but either they did not understand us , or they deemed our request impracticable , and with- drew . Night came on , and nothing remained for us but to wait ...
... called out to them , and made signs to prevail on them to come and take us up ; but either they did not understand us , or they deemed our request impracticable , and with- drew . Night came on , and nothing remained for us but to wait ...
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