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I was better dressed than I had ever been while in his service : i had a complete
suit of clothes , new and neat , a watch in my pocket , and my purse was
furnished with ncarly five pounds sterling in money . He gave me no very civil
reception ...
I was better dressed than I had ever been while in his service : i had a complete
suit of clothes , new and neat , a watch in my pocket , and my purse was
furnished with ncarly five pounds sterling in money . He gave me no very civil
reception ...
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... and he received me with great affection . One of his fiends , whose name was
Vernon , having a debt of about thirty - six pounds due him in Pennsylvania ,
begged me to receive it for hiin , and to keep the money till I should hear from him
...
... and he received me with great affection . One of his fiends , whose name was
Vernon , having a debt of about thirty - six pounds due him in Pennsylvania ,
begged me to receive it for hiin , and to keep the money till I should hear from him
...
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I gave hiin the inventory of a small printing - office ; the expense of which I bad
calculated at about a hun . dred pounds sterling . He expressed his approbation ;
but asked , if my presence in England , that I mighi choose the characters inyself
...
I gave hiin the inventory of a small printing - office ; the expense of which I bad
calculated at about a hun . dred pounds sterling . He expressed his approbation ;
but asked , if my presence in England , that I mighi choose the characters inyself
...
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She accordingly disposed of all her property to be applied to charitable uses ,
reserving to herself only twelve pounds a year : and of this small pittance she
gave a part to the poor , living on watergruel , and never inaking use of fire but to
boil it ...
She accordingly disposed of all her property to be applied to charitable uses ,
reserving to herself only twelve pounds a year : and of this small pittance she
gave a part to the poor , living on watergruel , and never inaking use of fire but to
boil it ...
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I consequently engaged myself to Mr . Denham , at a salary of fifty pounds a year
. This was indeed less than 1 tarred as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer
prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed for ever , of printing , and gave ...
I consequently engaged myself to Mr . Denham , at a salary of fifty pounds a year
. This was indeed less than 1 tarred as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer
prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed for ever , of printing , and gave ...
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| Titel | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: with His Life |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustriert von | John Scoles |
| Mitwirkende Personen | William Van Norden |
| Verlag | W. Van Norden, 1825 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 27. Juli 2006 |
| Länge | 290 Seiten |
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