The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... hundred years . How long they had resided there , prior to that period , my un- cle had been unable to discover ; probably ever since the institution of surnames , when they took the ap- pellation of Franklin , which had formerly been ...
... hundred years . How long they had resided there , prior to that period , my un- cle had been unable to discover ; probably ever since the institution of surnames , when they took the ap- pellation of Franklin , which had formerly been ...
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... hundred miles farther . I hesitated not to embark in a boat in order to repair , by the shortest cut of the sea , to Amboy , leaving my trunk and effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyance . In crossing the bay we ...
... hundred miles farther . I hesitated not to embark in a boat in order to repair , by the shortest cut of the sea , to Amboy , leaving my trunk and effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyance . In crossing the bay we ...
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... hundred pounds . Another hundred was still due , and the merchant being tired of waiting , commenced a suit against us . We bailed the action , but with the melancholy prospect , that , if the money was not forthcoming at the time fixed ...
... hundred pounds . Another hundred was still due , and the merchant being tired of waiting , commenced a suit against us . We bailed the action , but with the melancholy prospect , that , if the money was not forthcoming at the time fixed ...
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... hundred pounds he has advanced , pay my little per- sonal debts , and give me thirty pounds and a new saddle , I will renounce the partnership , and consign over the whole stock to you . ' I accepted this proposal without hesitation ...
... hundred pounds he has advanced , pay my little per- sonal debts , and give me thirty pounds and a new saddle , I will renounce the partnership , and consign over the whole stock to you . ' I accepted this proposal without hesitation ...
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... hundred pounds . She brought me for answer , that they had no such sum at their disposal . I observed that it might easily be obtained , by a mortgage on their house . The re- ply to this , was , after a few days interval , that they ...
... hundred pounds . She brought me for answer , that they had no such sum at their disposal . I observed that it might easily be obtained , by a mortgage on their house . The re- ply to this , was , after a few days interval , that they ...
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