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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... merchant , he acquired in a few years a very considerable fortune . Returning to England in the same vessel with myself , as I have related above , he invited all his old creditors to a feast . When assembled , he thanked them for the ...
... merchant , he acquired in a few years a very considerable fortune . Returning to England in the same vessel with myself , as I have related above , he invited all his old creditors to a feast . When assembled , he thanked them for the ...
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... merchant ; but not readily finding a situation , I was induced to accept Keimer's pro- posal . The following were the persons I found in his printing - house . Hugh Meredith , a Pennsylvanian , about thir- ty - five years of age . He ...
... merchant ; but not readily finding a situation , I was induced to accept Keimer's pro- posal . The following were the persons I found in his printing - house . Hugh Meredith , a Pennsylvanian , about thir- ty - five years of age . He ...
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... merchant , and the order was given . We agreed to keep the secret till the arrival of the materi als , and I was in the mean time to procure work , if possible , in another printing - house ; but there was no place vacant , and I ...
... merchant , and the order was given . We agreed to keep the secret till the arrival of the materi als , and I was in the mean time to procure work , if possible , in another printing - house ; but there was no place vacant , and I ...
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... merchant's clerk , and nearly of my own age . He had a cooler and clearer head , a better heart , and more scrupulous morals , than almost any other person I have ever met with . He be- came a very respectable merchant , and one of our ...
... merchant's clerk , and nearly of my own age . He had a cooler and clearer head , a better heart , and more scrupulous morals , than almost any other person I have ever met with . He be- came a very respectable merchant , and one of our ...
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... merchants , who met every evening , it was the general opinion that it would fail ; there being already two printing - houses in the town , Keimer's and Bradford's . But Dr. Bard , whom you and I had occasion to see , many years after ...
... merchants , who met every evening , it was the general opinion that it would fail ; there being already two printing - houses in the town , Keimer's and Bradford's . But Dr. Bard , whom you and I had occasion to see , many years after ...
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