THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN; CONTAINING SEVERAL POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FORMER EDITION AND MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED WITH NOTES AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.1844 |
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... Printing Establishment . — Description of the Workmen in the Printing - house . Resolves to separate from Keimer , and commence Business on his own Account.— Engraves the Plates for Paper Money in New Jersey , and prints the Bills . His ...
... Printing Establishment . — Description of the Workmen in the Printing - house . Resolves to separate from Keimer , and commence Business on his own Account.— Engraves the Plates for Paper Money in New Jersey , and prints the Bills . His ...
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... printing office , took notice of me , and invited me to see his library , and very kindly proposed to lend me such books , as I chose to read . I now took a strong inclination for poetry , and wrote some little pieces . My brother ...
... printing office , took notice of me , and invited me to see his library , and very kindly proposed to lend me such books , as I chose to read . I now took a strong inclination for poetry , and wrote some little pieces . My brother ...
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... printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method , and in perspicuity , of which he convinced me by sev- eral instances . I saw the justice of his remarks , and thence grew more attentive to my manner of ...
... printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method , and in perspicuity , of which he convinced me by sev- eral instances . I saw the justice of his remarks , and thence grew more attentive to my manner of ...
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... printing - house , avoiding as much as I could the con- stant attendance at public worship , which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care , and which I still continued to consider a duty , though I could not afford time ...
... printing - house , avoiding as much as I could the con- stant attendance at public worship , which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care , and which I still continued to consider a duty , though I could not afford time ...
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... printing - house to their meals , I re- mained there alone , and , despatching presently my light repast ( which was often no more than a biscuit , or a slice of bread , a handful of raisins , or a tart from the pastry cook's , and a ...
... printing - house to their meals , I re- mained there alone , and , despatching presently my light repast ( which was often no more than a biscuit , or a slice of bread , a handful of raisins , or a tart from the pastry cook's , and a ...
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