Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1916 - 314 Seiten |
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... give all his reasons for so thinking , I will mention two historical facts on which he based . First , it had been in France early in the century ; for Sir Samuel Romilly had seen it there in 1802 , and has left a description of it in ...
... give all his reasons for so thinking , I will mention two historical facts on which he based . First , it had been in France early in the century ; for Sir Samuel Romilly had seen it there in 1802 , and has left a description of it in ...
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... give the address of the owner of the manuscript and of some other valuable Franklin relics . Mr. Bigelow at once wrote to my cherished friend the late William H. Huntington , in Paris , " who seems to have been a man worth living to ...
... give the address of the owner of the manuscript and of some other valuable Franklin relics . Mr. Bigelow at once wrote to my cherished friend the late William H. Huntington , in Paris , " who seems to have been a man worth living to ...
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... give an account , because by the great kindness of Mr. Bigelow a reproduction of it appears as the frontispiece to this volume . The original is a pastel of undoubted authen- ticity , done in 1783 by Joseph Siffred Duplessis , an ...
... give an account , because by the great kindness of Mr. Bigelow a reproduction of it appears as the frontispiece to this volume . The original is a pastel of undoubted authen- ticity , done in 1783 by Joseph Siffred Duplessis , an ...
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... give up . Oh , as to that , " said the very Anglo - Saxon young man , ' you can have my copy in exchange ; which is ' copy ' at all , but the original autograph , and so , you see , much more of a souvenir than your own . The ...
... give up . Oh , as to that , " said the very Anglo - Saxon young man , ' you can have my copy in exchange ; which is ' copy ' at all , but the original autograph , and so , you see , much more of a souvenir than your own . The ...
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... gives the number of these changes as 1200 in all . They appear to have been in no case dictated by malevolence or by any motive more considerable than the sempi- ternal impertinence of youth and modernity . The young man was of his own ...
... gives the number of these changes as 1200 in all . They appear to have been in no case dictated by malevolence or by any motive more considerable than the sempi- ternal impertinence of youth and modernity . The young man was of his own ...
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acquaintance Adams affairs afterwards America appear'd appointed arriv'd Art of Virtue Arthur Lee ask'd Assembly attend Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Boston British brought captain character colonies colonists Comte de Vergennes conduct Congress continu'd continued dispute Dr Franklin employ'd England English father favour France French friends gave give good-natur'd Government governor hands Indians instructions interest John Adams Keimer kind King letters lived London Lord Lord Loudoun means ment mind never occasion opinion pamphlet paper Paxton Boy Penn Pennsylvania perhaps person Philadelphia Poor Richard's Almanack present printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietaries province Quakers Ralph reason receiv'd respect sail sect sent ship Silas Deane soon Stamp Act street Temple Franklin things thought thro tion took treaty Veillard virtue waggons whole words writing wrote young