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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... young man , a great lover of books , of the name of John Collins , with whom I was intimately connected . frequently engaged in dispute , and indeed were so fond of argumentation , that nothing was so agreeable to us as a war of words ...
... young man , a great lover of books , of the name of John Collins , with whom I was intimately connected . frequently engaged in dispute , and indeed were so fond of argumentation , that nothing was so agreeable to us as a war of words ...
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... young wit , in- clined to satire and lampoon . My brother's enlargement was accompanied with an arbitrary order from the house of assem- bly , " That James Franklin should no longer print the newspaper entitled the New England Courant ...
... young wit , in- clined to satire and lampoon . My brother's enlargement was accompanied with an arbitrary order from the house of assem- bly , " That James Franklin should no longer print the newspaper entitled the New England Courant ...
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... young man of his acquaintance , who had had an affair with a girl of bad character , whose parents wished to compel me to marry her , and that of consequence I could neither make my appearance , nor go off publicly . I sold part of my ...
... young man of his acquaintance , who had had an affair with a girl of bad character , whose parents wished to compel me to marry her , and that of consequence I could neither make my appearance , nor go off publicly . I sold part of my ...
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... young Quaker whose countenance pleased me . I accosted him , and begged him to inform me where a stranger might find a lodging . We were then near the sign of the Three Mariners . They receive travellers here , said he , but it is not a ...
... young Quaker whose countenance pleased me . I accosted him , and begged him to inform me where a stranger might find a lodging . We were then near the sign of the Three Mariners . They receive travellers here , said he , but it is not a ...
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... young man in the printing business ; perhaps you may have need of his services . " Keimer asked me some questions , put a com- posing stick in my hand to see how I could work , and then said , that at present he had no- thing for me to ...
... young man in the printing business ; perhaps you may have need of his services . " Keimer asked me some questions , put a com- posing stick in my hand to see how I could work , and then said , that at present he had no- thing for me to ...
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