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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... lived in vain , and that all the useful and virtuous shall meet in a better country beyond the grave . " Dr. Franklin , in the last letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , observes , that it has been ...
... lived in vain , and that all the useful and virtuous shall meet in a better country beyond the grave . " Dr. Franklin , in the last letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , observes , that it has been ...
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... ancestors . From these I learn , that they had lived in the same village , ( Eaton , in Northamptonshire , ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space at 4 2 least of three hundred years . How long they had LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... ancestors . From these I learn , that they had lived in the same village , ( Eaton , in Northamptonshire , ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space at 4 2 least of three hundred years . How long they had LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... lived at Eaton till he was too old to continue his trade , when he retired to Banbury , in Oxfordshire , where his son John , who was a dyer , residded , and with whom my father was apprenticed . He died , and was buried there ; we saw ...
... lived at Eaton till he was too old to continue his trade , when he retired to Banbury , in Oxfordshire , where his son John , who was a dyer , residded , and with whom my father was apprenticed . He died , and was buried there ; we saw ...
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... 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 of poems in manuscript ...
... 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 of poems in manuscript ...
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... lived together with reciprocal af- fection for fifty - nine years ; and without private fortune , without lucrative employment , by assid- uous labour and honest industry , decently sup- ported a numerous family , and educated with ...
... lived together with reciprocal af- fection for fifty - nine years ; and without private fortune , without lucrative employment , by assid- uous labour and honest industry , decently sup- ported a numerous family , and educated with ...
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