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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... shilling in copper coin , which I gave to the boatmen for my passage . At first they refused it , on account of my having rowed , but I insisted on their taking it . Man is sometimes more generous when he has little money , than when he ...
... shilling in copper coin , which I gave to the boatmen for my passage . At first they refused it , on account of my having rowed , but I insisted on their taking it . Man is sometimes more generous when he has little money , than when he ...
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... shillings and sixpence a week ; as much as we could then afford . He found some relations , but they were poor , and unable to assist him . He now let me know his inten- tions of remaining in London , and that he never Ær . 18. ] 55 ...
... shillings and sixpence a week ; as much as we could then afford . He found some relations , but they were poor , and unable to assist him . He now let me know his inten- tions of remaining in London , and that he never Ær . 18. ] 55 ...
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... shillings to pay out of his wages every Saturday night for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . Watts , after some weeks , desiring to have me in the composing - room ...
... shillings to pay out of his wages every Saturday night for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . Watts , after some weeks , desiring to have me in the composing - room ...
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... shillings a week on their accounts . This , and my being esteemed a pretty good riggite , that is a jocular verbal satirist , supported my consequence in the society . My constant attendance ( I never mak- ing a St. Monday ) recommended ...
... shillings a week on their accounts . This , and my being esteemed a pretty good riggite , that is a jocular verbal satirist , supported my consequence in the society . My constant attendance ( I never mak- ing a St. Monday ) recommended ...
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... shillings a week for the future ; so I remained with her at one shilling and sixpence as long as I stayed in London . In a garret of her house there lived a maiden lady of seventy , in the most retired manner , of whom my landlady gave ...
... shillings a week for the future ; so I remained with her at one shilling and sixpence as long as I stayed in London . In a garret of her house there lived a maiden lady of seventy , in the most retired manner , of whom my landlady gave ...
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