The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 Seiten |
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... Boston , and lived for some years in the house with us . A particular affec- tion had always subsisted between my father and him , and I was his godson . He arrived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto vol- umes of poems in ...
... Boston , and lived for some years in the house with us . A particular affec- tion had always subsisted between my father and him , and I was his godson . He arrived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto vol- umes of poems in ...
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... Boston . Our humble family had early embraced the reformation . They remained faithfully attached during the reign of Queen Mary , when they were in danger of being molested on account of their zeal against Popery . They had an English ...
... Boston . Our humble family had early embraced the reformation . They remained faithfully attached during the reign of Queen Mary , when they were in danger of being molested on account of their zeal against Popery . They had an English ...
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... Boston , in New - England . My mother , the second wife , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter Folger , one of the first colon- ists of New - England , of whom Cotton Mather makes honorable mention , in his Ecclesiastical History of ...
... Boston , in New - England . My mother , the second wife , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter Folger , one of the first colon- ists of New - England , of whom Cotton Mather makes honorable mention , in his Ecclesiastical History of ...
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... Boston , where a few years ago I placed a marble over their grave with this inscription : - " Here lie JOSIAH FRANKLIN and ABIAH his wife . They lived together with reciprocal af- fection for fifty - nine years ; and without private ...
... Boston , where a few years ago I placed a marble over their grave with this inscription : - " Here lie JOSIAH FRANKLIN and ABIAH his wife . They lived together with reciprocal af- fection for fifty - nine years ; and without private ...
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... Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship dis- pleasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passion- ately fond of reading , and I laid out in books all the little money I could procure ...
... Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship dis- pleasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passion- ately fond of reading , and I laid out in books all the little money I could procure ...
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