The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: With His Life, Written by HimselfJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... debt of about thirty - six pounds due him in Pennsylvania , begged me to receive - it for him , and to keep the money till I should hear - from him ; accordingly he gave me an order for that purpose . This affair occasioned me , in the ...
... debt of about thirty - six pounds due him in Pennsylvania , begged me to receive - it for him , and to keep the money till I should hear - from him ; accordingly he gave me an order for that purpose . This affair occasioned me , in the ...
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... debt he owed me with the first money he should receive ; but I have heard nothing of him since . The violation of the trust reposed in me by Vernon , was one of the first great errors of my life ; and it proves my father was not ...
... debt he owed me with the first money he should receive ; but I have heard nothing of him since . The violation of the trust reposed in me by Vernon , was one of the first great errors of my life ; and it proves my father was not ...
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... debt , with interest . He told me that it was his intention to carry back with him to Philadelphia , a great quantity of goods , in order to open a store ; and he offered to take me with him in the capacity of clerk , to keep his books ...
... debt , with interest . He told me that it was his intention to carry back with him to Philadelphia , a great quantity of goods , in order to open a store ; and he offered to take me with him in the capacity of clerk , to keep his books ...
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... debt , and fled , in the year 1727 or 1728 , to the West Indies , where he died . During my absence , Keimer bad taken a more con- siderable house , in which he kept a shop , that was well supplied with paper , and various other ...
... debt , and fled , in the year 1727 or 1728 , to the West Indies , where he died . During my absence , Keimer bad taken a more con- siderable house , in which he kept a shop , that was well supplied with paper , and various other ...
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... debt to Vernon , which I was unable to pay , my savings as yet being very little . He had the goodness , however , not to ask me for the money . Our press was frequently in want of the necessary quantity of letter ; and there was no ...
... debt to Vernon , which I was unable to pay , my savings as yet being very little . He had the goodness , however , not to ask me for the money . Our press was frequently in want of the necessary quantity of letter ; and there was no ...
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