Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator...G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - 316 Seiten |
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... Philadelphia , had lately loft his princi- pal workman , Aquila Rofe , who was dead , and that if I would go thither , he believed that he would engage me . Phi- ladelphia was a hundred miles farther . I hefitated not to embark in a ...
... Philadelphia , had lately loft his princi- pal workman , Aquila Rofe , who was dead , and that if I would go thither , he believed that he would engage me . Phi- ladelphia was a hundred miles farther . I hefitated not to embark in a ...
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... Philadelphia . It rained hard the whole day , fo that I was wet to the skin . Finding myself fatigued about noon , I ftopped at a paltry inn , where I paffed the rest of the day and the whole night , beginning to regret that I had ...
... Philadelphia . It rained hard the whole day , fo that I was wet to the skin . Finding myself fatigued about noon , I ftopped at a paltry inn , where I paffed the rest of the day and the whole night , beginning to regret that I had ...
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... in the enfuing week ; but walking out in the evening by the river fide , I saw a boat with a number of per- fons in it approach . It was going to Philadelphia , Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As 60 LIFE OF.
... in the enfuing week ; but walking out in the evening by the river fide , I saw a boat with a number of per- fons in it approach . It was going to Philadelphia , Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As 60 LIFE OF.
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... Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As there was no wind , we could only make way with our oars . About midnight , not perceiving the town , fome of the company were of opinion that we must have paffed it , and were unwilling to ...
... Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As there was no wind , we could only make way with our oars . About midnight , not perceiving the town , fome of the company were of opinion that we must have paffed it , and were unwilling to ...
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... Philadelphia I was in my working drefs , my beft clothes being to come by fea . I was covered with dirt ; my pockets were filled with fhirts and stockings ; I was unacquainted with a fingle foul in the place , and knew not where to seek ...
... Philadelphia I was in my working drefs , my beft clothes being to come by fea . I was covered with dirt ; my pockets were filled with fhirts and stockings ; I was unacquainted with a fingle foul in the place , and knew not where to seek ...
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