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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... printer , though he had already a son in that profession . My 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 ...
... printer , though he had already a son in that profession . My 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 ...
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... printing - house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library , and had the good- ness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a strange fancy for poetry , and composed several little pieces . My brother ...
... printing - house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library , and had the good- ness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a strange fancy for poetry , and composed several little pieces . My brother ...
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... printing . house to go to dinner , I remained behind , and des- patching my frugal meal , which frequently consisted of a biscuit only , or a slice of bread and a bunch of raisins , or a bun from the pastry - cook's , with a glass of ...
... printing . house to go to dinner , I remained behind , and des- patching my frugal meal , which frequently consisted of a biscuit only , or a slice of bread and a bunch of raisins , or a bun from the pastry - cook's , with a glass of ...
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... print in his paper any performance of which he should know me to be the author . I therefore contrived to disguise my hand , and having written an anonymous piece , I placed it at night under the door of the print- ing - house , where ...
... print in his paper any performance of which he should know me to be the author . I therefore contrived to disguise my hand , and having written an anonymous piece , I placed it at night under the door of the print- ing - house , where ...
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... House of Assembly , " That James Franklin should no longer print the newspaper entitled the ' New England Courant . " " In this can- juncture , we held a consultation of our friends at the printing - house , in order to determine what ...
... House of Assembly , " That James Franklin should no longer print the newspaper entitled the ' New England Courant . " " In this can- juncture , we held a consultation of our friends at the printing - house , in order to determine what ...
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