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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... learned the trade of blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the ...
... learned the trade of blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the ...
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... learned Englishman , " if I rightly recollect his expres- sions . I have been told of his having written a variety of little pieces ; but there appears to be only one in print , which I met with many years ago . It was published in the ...
... learned Englishman , " if I rightly recollect his expres- sions . I have been told of his having written a variety of little pieces ; but there appears to be only one in print , which I met with many years ago . It was published in the ...
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... learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquirement , and the encouragement of his friends , who assured me that I should one day certainly become a man of letters , confirmed him in his design . My uncle ...
... learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquirement , and the encouragement of his friends , who assured me that I should one day certainly become a man of letters , confirmed him in his design . My uncle ...
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... learned his trade in London , and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship dis- pleasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passion- ately fond of reading ...
... learned his trade in London , and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship dis- pleasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passion- ately fond of reading ...
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... learned my age . He thought me , he said , a young man of very promising talents , and that of consequence , I ought to be encouraged ; that there were at Philadelphia none but very ignorant printers , and that if I were to set up for ...
... learned my age . He thought me , he said , a young man of very promising talents , and that of consequence , I ought to be encouraged ; that there were at Philadelphia none but very ignorant printers , and that if I were to set up for ...
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