The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... engaged , because his numerous fami- ly , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unre- mittingly employed in the duties of his profession , But well I remember , that the leading men of the place used frequently to come and ask ...
... engaged , because his numerous fami- ly , and the mediocrity of his fortune , kept him unre- mittingly employed in the duties of his profession , But well I remember , that the leading men of the place used frequently to come and ask ...
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... engaged me to write two ballads . Que , called the Light - house Tra- gedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Cap- tain Worthilake and his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song on the capture of the noted pirate called ...
... engaged me to write two ballads . Que , called the Light - house Tra- gedy , contained an account of the shipwreck of Cap- tain Worthilake and his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song on the capture of the noted pirate called ...
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... where we find him thus immor- talized by the author : Silence ye wolves , while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous ; answer him ye owls ! We had seriously engaged , that whoever died first should DR . FRANKLIN.
... where we find him thus immor- talized by the author : Silence ye wolves , while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous ; answer him ye owls ! We had seriously engaged , that whoever died first should DR . FRANKLIN.
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... engaged , that whoever died first should return , if possible , and pay a friendly visit to the survivor , to give him an account of the other world ; but he has never fulfilled his engagement . The Governor appeared to be fond of my ...
... engaged , that whoever died first should return , if possible , and pay a friendly visit to the survivor , to give him an account of the other world ; but he has never fulfilled his engagement . The Governor appeared to be fond of my ...
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... engaged at Palmer's , at that time a noted printer in Bartholomew - close , with whom I continued nearly a year . I applied very assiduously to my work ; but I expended with Ralph almost all that I earned . Plays , and other places of ...
... engaged at Palmer's , at that time a noted printer in Bartholomew - close , with whom I continued nearly a year . I applied very assiduously to my work ; but I expended with Ralph almost all that I earned . Plays , and other places of ...
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