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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... soon as Mr. Jeffries recovered , he likewise went into the country . In the mean time his son , Dr. John Jeffries , adhering to the side of the loyalists , did not choose to accompany his father , but remained in Boston ; and his father ...
... soon as Mr. Jeffries recovered , he likewise went into the country . In the mean time his son , Dr. John Jeffries , adhering to the side of the loyalists , did not choose to accompany his father , but remained in Boston ; and his father ...
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... soon ; but I failed entirely in arithmetic . At ten years old I was taken to help my father in his business , which was that of a tallow- chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but had assumed on his arrival ...
... soon ; but I failed entirely in arithmetic . At ten years old I was taken to help my father in his business , which was that of a tallow- chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but had assumed on his arrival ...
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... it two little sketches on the Arts of Rhetoric and Logic , the latter finishing with a dispute in the Socratic method . And , soon after , I 629 procured Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates , wherein there 20 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... it two little sketches on the Arts of Rhetoric and Logic , the latter finishing with a dispute in the Socratic method . And , soon after , I 629 procured Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates , wherein there 20 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... soon bring myself into scrapes ; and further , that my indiscreet disputations about religion began to make me pointed at with horror by good people , as an in- fidel and atheist . I concluded , therefore , to remove to New York ; but ...
... soon bring myself into scrapes ; and further , that my indiscreet disputations about religion began to make me pointed at with horror by good people , as an in- fidel and atheist . I concluded , therefore , to remove to New York ; but ...
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... place to be Cooper's Creek , a little above Philadelphia , which we saw as soon as we got out of the Creek , and arrived there about eight or nine o'clock on the Sunday morning , and landed at 32 [ 1723 . LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... place to be Cooper's Creek , a little above Philadelphia , which we saw as soon as we got out of the Creek , and arrived there about eight or nine o'clock on the Sunday morning , and landed at 32 [ 1723 . LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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