The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... expenses of a colle- giate education ; and considering , besides , as I heard him say to his friends , that a person so educated were often poorly provided for , he renounced hisfirst inten- tions , took me from the grammar - school ...
... expenses of a colle- giate education ; and considering , besides , as I heard him say to his friends , that a person so educated were often poorly provided for , he renounced hisfirst inten- tions , took me from the grammar - school ...
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... expenses at the inn , and to maintain him during the rest of his journey ; a burthen that was very inconvenient to me . The Governor of New - York , whose name was Ber- net , hearing the Captain say , that a young man , who was a ...
... expenses at the inn , and to maintain him during the rest of his journey ; a burthen that was very inconvenient to me . The Governor of New - York , whose name was Ber- net , hearing the Captain say , that a young man , who was a ...
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... expense . Knowing that I had Vernon's money , he was continually asking me to lend him some of it : promising to repay me as soon as he should get employment . At last he had drawn so much of this money , that I was extremely alarmed at ...
... expense . Knowing that I had Vernon's money , he was continually asking me to lend him some of it : promising to repay me as soon as he should get employment . At last he had drawn so much of this money , that I was extremely alarmed at ...
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... expense of which I had calculated at about a bun dred pounds sterling . He expressed his approbation ; but asked , if my presence in England , that I might choose the characters myself , and see that every arti- cle was good in its kind ...
... expense of which I had calculated at about a bun dred pounds sterling . He expressed his approbation ; but asked , if my presence in England , that I might choose the characters myself , and see that every arti- cle was good in its kind ...
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... expense of our living did not exceed for each , eighteen - pence a week . I have since that period observed several lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly returned again to my ordinary diet . without experiencing the ...
... expense of our living did not exceed for each , eighteen - pence a week . I have since that period observed several lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly returned again to my ordinary diet . without experiencing the ...
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