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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... agreed that I should serve as an apprentice to the age of twenty - one , and should receive journeyman's wages only during the last year . In a very short time I made great proficiency in this buisness , and became very serviceable to ...
... agreed that I should serve as an apprentice to the age of twenty - one , and should receive journeyman's wages only during the last year . In a very short time I made great proficiency in this buisness , and became very serviceable to ...
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... with my brother , I presumed that if I attempted to depart openly , measures would be taken to prevent me . My friend Collins un- dertook to favor my flight . He agreed for my passage with the captain of a B2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 83.
... with my brother , I presumed that if I attempted to depart openly , measures would be taken to prevent me . My friend Collins un- dertook to favor my flight . He agreed for my passage with the captain of a B2 LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 83.
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... agreed for my passage with the captain of a New - York sloop , to whom he represented me as a young man of his acquaintance , who had had an affair with a girl of bad character , whose parents wished to compel me to marry her , and that ...
... agreed for my passage with the captain of a New - York sloop , to whom he represented me as a young man of his acquaintance , who had had an affair with a girl of bad character , whose parents wished to compel me to marry her , and that ...
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... agreed to this little arti- fice , and immediately transcribed the verses to prevent all suspicion . We met . Watson's performance was the first that was read . It had some beauties , but many faults . We next read Osborne's , which was ...
... agreed to this little arti- fice , and immediately transcribed the verses to prevent all suspicion . We met . Watson's performance was the first that was read . It had some beauties , but many faults . We next read Osborne's , which was ...
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... agreed with me , and told Ralph that he was no inore able to criticise than he was able to write . When Osborne was alone with me , he express- ed himself still more strongly in favor of what he considered as my performance . He ...
... agreed with me , and told Ralph that he was no inore able to criticise than he was able to write . When Osborne was alone with me , he express- ed himself still more strongly in favor of what he considered as my performance . He ...
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