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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... respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they please . In fine - and I may as well avow it , since nobody would believe me were I to deny it- I shall , perhaps ...
... respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to listen to me ; as they will be at liberty to read me or not as they please . In fine - and I may as well avow it , since nobody would believe me were I to deny it- I shall , perhaps ...
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... respect- ing our ancestors . From these I learn , that they had lived in the same village ( Eaton , in Northampton- shire , ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space at least of three hundred years . How long they had ...
... respect- ing our ancestors . From these I learn , that they had lived in the same village ( Eaton , in Northampton- shire , ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space at least of three hundred years . How long they had ...
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... respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no ac- count of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register not extending farther back than that period . This ...
... respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no ac- count of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register not extending farther back than that period . This ...
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... 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 family . The promptitude with which , from my infasy , I had ...
... 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 family . The promptitude with which , from my infasy , I had ...
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... respecting the authors of this conveyance ; we were discovered ; complaints were exhibited against us ; and many of us underwent correction on the part of our parents ; and though I atrenuously defended the utility of the work , my fa ...
... respecting the authors of this conveyance ; we were discovered ; complaints were exhibited against us ; and many of us underwent correction on the part of our parents ; and though I atrenuously defended the utility of the work , my fa ...
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