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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... trade of blacksmith , which was perpetuated in the family down to my uncle's time , the eldest son having been uniformly brought up to this employ- ment ; a custom which both he and my father observed with respect to their eldest sons ...
... trade of blacksmith , which was perpetuated in the family down to my uncle's time , the eldest son having been uniformly brought up to this employ- ment ; a custom which both he and my father observed with respect to their eldest sons ...
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... 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 his monument in 1759. His eldest son lived in the ...
... 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 his monument in 1759. His eldest son lived in the ...
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... trade of a wool - dyer . Benjamin served his apprenticeship in Lon- don , to a silk - dyer . He was an industrious man ; I remember him well ; for , while I was a child , he joined my father at Boston , and lived for some years in the ...
... trade of a wool - dyer . Benjamin served his apprenticeship in Lon- don , to a silk - dyer . He was an industrious man ; I remember him well ; for , while I was a child , he joined my father at Boston , and lived for some years in the ...
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... trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar school . My father destined me for the church , and al- ready regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which , from my ...
... trades . With respect to myself , I was sent , at the age of eight years , to a grammar school . My father destined me for the church , and al- ready regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which , from my ...
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... trades . But his greatest excellence was a sound understanding , and solid judgment in mat- ters of prudence , both in public and private life . In the former , indeed , he never engaged , be- cause his numerous family , and the ...
... trades . But his greatest excellence was a sound understanding , and solid judgment in mat- ters of prudence , both in public and private life . In the former , indeed , he never engaged , be- cause his numerous family , and the ...
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