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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... add , that due attention has been paid in the selection of such of his productions as may be adapted to general perusal The following letter from the celebra . ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , iv PREFACE .
... add , that due attention has been paid in the selection of such of his productions as may be adapted to general perusal The following letter from the celebra . ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , iv PREFACE .
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... Philadelphia , upon the subject of Dr. Franklin's Memoirs of his own Life , will not , it is presumed , be consid- ered inapplicable . " DEAR SIR , " HACKNEY , JUNE 19 , 1790 . “ I am hardly able to tell you how kindly I take the ...
... Philadelphia , upon the subject of Dr. Franklin's Memoirs of his own Life , will not , it is presumed , be consid- ered inapplicable . " DEAR SIR , " HACKNEY , JUNE 19 , 1790 . “ I am hardly able to tell you how kindly I take the ...
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... Philadelphia , had lately lost his principal workman , Aquila Rose , who was dead , and that if I would go thither he believed that he would engage me . Philadelphia was a hundred miles further . I hesitated not to embark in a boat , in ...
... Philadelphia , had lately lost his principal workman , Aquila Rose , who was dead , and that if I would go thither he believed that he would engage me . Philadelphia was a hundred miles further . I hesitated not to embark in a boat , in ...
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... Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As there was no wind , we could only make way with our oars . About midnight , not per- ceiving the town , some of the company were of opinion that we must have passed it , and were unwilling ...
... Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As there was no wind , we could only make way with our oars . About midnight , not per- ceiving the town , some of the company were of opinion that we must have passed it , and were unwilling ...
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... Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf . They made no loaves of that price . Finding myself ignorant of the prices , as well as the different kinds of bread , I desired him to let me have threepenny - worth of bread of some ...
... Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf . They made no loaves of that price . Finding myself ignorant of the prices , as well as the different kinds of bread , I desired him to let me have threepenny - worth of bread of some ...
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