The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who encouraged , in like manner , all my uncles to cultivate their minds . Thomas thus ...
... improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who encouraged , in like manner , all my uncles to cultivate their minds . Thomas thus ...
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... improvement in the typographic art should merit it . This future increase of wages was the bait he had made use of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he had engaged to teach them ...
... improvement in the typographic art should merit it . This future increase of wages was the bait he had made use of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he had engaged to teach them ...
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... improved ; and when Keimer paid me my second quarter's wages , he gave me to understand that they were too heavy , and that he thought I ought to make an abatement . He became by degrees less civil , and assumed more the tone of master ...
... improved ; and when Keimer paid me my second quarter's wages , he gave me to understand that they were too heavy , and that he thought I ought to make an abatement . He became by degrees less civil , and assumed more the tone of master ...
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... improving himself in the business by means of my instructions . I did so ; and we lived upon better terms than before our separation . He obtained the New Jersey business ; and , in or- der to execute it , I constructed a copper - plate ...
... improving himself in the business by means of my instructions . I did so ; and we lived upon better terms than before our separation . He obtained the New Jersey business ; and , in or- der to execute it , I constructed a copper - plate ...
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... improvements and dis- coveries in the arts , agriculture and philosophy . The beneficial influence of this institution was soon evident . The terms of subscription to it were so mo- derate , that it was accessible to every one . Its ...
... improvements and dis- coveries in the arts , agriculture and philosophy . The beneficial influence of this institution was soon evident . The terms of subscription to it were so mo- derate , that it was accessible to every one . Its ...
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