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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... father observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no account of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register not * As a proof that Franklin was ...
... father observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no account of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register not * As a proof that Franklin was ...
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... father was apprenticed . He died , and was buried there ; we saw his monument in 1759. His eldest son lived in the family house at Eaton , which he bequea- thed , with the land belonging to it , to his only daughter , who , in concert ...
... father was apprenticed . He died , and was buried there ; we saw his monument in 1759. His eldest son lived in the family house at Eaton , which he bequea- thed , with the land belonging to it , to his only daughter , who , in concert ...
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... father at 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 ...
... father at 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 ...
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... father wished to read to his family , he reversed the lid of the close - stool upon his knees , and passed the leaves from one side to the other , which were held down on each by the pack- thread . One of the children was stationed at ...
... father wished to read to his family , he reversed the lid of the close - stool upon his knees , and passed the leaves from one side to the other , which were held down on each by the pack- thread . One of the children was stationed at ...
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... father was prevailed on to accompany them . My father had also by the same wife , four chil dren born in America , and ten others by a sec- ond wife , making in all seventeen . I remember to have seen thirteen seated together at his ...
... father was prevailed on to accompany them . My father had also by the same wife , four chil dren born in America , and ten others by a sec- ond wife , making in all seventeen . I remember to have seen thirteen seated together at his ...
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