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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... brothers were all put apprentices to differ- ent trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar school . My father destined me for the church , and al- ready regarded me as the chaplain of the ...
... brothers were all put apprentices to differ- ent trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar school . My father destined me for the church , and al- ready regarded me as the chaplain of the ...
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... brother John , who had ser- ved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted his father , and being married and settled in bu- siness , on his own account , at Rhode - Island , I was destined to all appearance , to supply his place and ...
... brother John , who had ser- ved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted his father , and being married and settled in bu- siness , on his own account , at Rhode - Island , I was destined to all appearance , to supply his place and ...
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... brother had returned from England ' in 1717 ' with a press and types , in order to establish a printing house at Boston . This business pleased me much bet- ter than that of my father , though I had still a predilection for the sea . To ...
... brother had returned from England ' in 1717 ' with a press and types , in order to establish a printing house at Boston . This business pleased me much bet- ter than that of my father , though I had still a predilection for the sea . To ...
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... brother thinking he might find his ac- count in it , encouraged me , and engaged me to write two ballads . One , called the Lighthouse Tragedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Capt . Worthilake , and his two daughters ; the ...
... brother thinking he might find his ac- count in it , encouraged me , and engaged me to write two ballads . One , called the Lighthouse Tragedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Capt . Worthilake , and his two daughters ; the ...
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... brother , being a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his apprentices in a neighboring family . My refusing to eat animal food was found inconvenient , and I was often scolded for my singularity . I attended to the mode in ...
... brother , being a bachelor , did not keep house , but boarded with his apprentices in a neighboring family . My refusing to eat animal food was found inconvenient , and I was often scolded for my singularity . I attended to the mode in ...
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