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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... favor me . Your last , containing an account of the death of our excellent friend , Dr. Franklin , and the circum- stances attending it , deserves my particular grat- itude . The account which he has left of his life will show , in a ...
... favor me . Your last , containing an account of the death of our excellent friend , Dr. Franklin , and the circum- stances attending it , deserves my particular grat- itude . The account which he has left of his life will show , in a ...
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... favor of the anabaptists , quakers , and other sectaries , who had suffered persecution . To this persecu tion he attributes the wars with the natives , and other calamities which afflicted the country , re- garding them as the ...
... favor of the anabaptists , quakers , and other sectaries , who had suffered persecution . To this persecu tion he attributes the wars with the natives , and other calamities which afflicted the country , re- garding them as the ...
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... siding 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.
... siding 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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... favor of a good wind , I found myself in three days at New - York , nearly three hundred miles from my home , at the age of seventeen , without knowing an individual in the place , and with very little money in my pocket . The ...
... favor of a good wind , I found myself in three days at New - York , nearly three hundred miles from my home , at the age of seventeen , without knowing an individual in the place , and with very little money in my pocket . The ...
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... of men . Holmes said every thing he could in favor of the scheme ; but my father firmly maintained its absurdity , and at last gave a positive refusal . He wrote , how ever a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him 46 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... of men . Holmes said every thing he could in favor of the scheme ; but my father firmly maintained its absurdity , and at last gave a positive refusal . He wrote , how ever a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him 46 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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