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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... debt of about thirty - six pounds due to him in Penn- sylvania , begged me to receive it for him , and to keep the money till I should hear from him : accordingly he gave me an order for that pur- pose . This affair occasioned me , in ...
... debt of about thirty - six pounds due to him in Penn- sylvania , begged me to receive it for him , and to keep the money till I should hear from him : accordingly he gave me an order for that pur- pose . This affair occasioned me , in ...
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... debt he owed me with the first money he should receive ; but I have heard nothing of him since . The violation of the trust reposed in me by Vernon was one of the first great errors of my life ; and it proves that my father was not mis ...
... debt he owed me with the first money he should receive ; but I have heard nothing of him since . The violation of the trust reposed in me by Vernon was one of the first great errors of my life ; and it proves that my father was not mis ...
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... debt , with interest . He told me that it was his intention to carry back with him to Philadelphia a great quantity of goods , in order to open a store ; and he offer- ed to take me with him in the capacity of clerk , to keep his books ...
... debt , with interest . He told me that it was his intention to carry back with him to Philadelphia a great quantity of goods , in order to open a store ; and he offer- ed to take me with him in the capacity of clerk , to keep his books ...
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... debt , and fled , in the year 1727 or 1728 , to the West Indies , where he died . During my absence Keimer had taken a more considerable house , in which he kept a shop , that was well supplied with paper , and various other articles ...
... debt , and fled , in the year 1727 or 1728 , to the West Indies , where he died . During my absence Keimer had taken a more considerable house , in which he kept a shop , that was well supplied with paper , and various other articles ...
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... debt to Vernon , which I was unable to pay , my savings as yet being very little . He had the goodness , however , not to ask me for the money . Our press was frequently in want of the neces- sary quantity of letter ; and there was no ...
... debt to Vernon , which I was unable to pay , my savings as yet being very little . He had the goodness , however , not to ask me for the money . Our press was frequently in want of the neces- sary quantity of letter ; and there was no ...
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