The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: With His Life, Written by Himself |
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I remained , however , scarcely a year at the grammar - school , although in this
short interval , I had risen from the middle to the head of my class , from thence *
Town in the island of Nantucket . to the class immediately above , and was to
pass ...
I remained , however , scarcely a year at the grammar - school , although in this
short interval , I had risen from the middle to the head of my class , from thence *
Town in the island of Nantucket . to the class immediately above , and was to
pass ...
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to the class immediately above , and was to pass at the end of the year , to the
one next in order . But my father , burdened with a numerous family , found that
he was incapable , without subjecting himself to difficulties , of providing for the ...
to the class immediately above , and was to pass at the end of the year , to the
one next in order . But my father , burdened with a numerous family , found that
he was incapable , without subjecting himself to difficulties , of providing for the ...
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How often has it happened to me to pass the greater part of the night in reading
by my bed - side , when the book had been lent me in the evening , and was to
be returned the next morning , lest it might be missed or wanted . Atlengih ...
How often has it happened to me to pass the greater part of the night in reading
by my bed - side , when the book had been lent me in the evening , and was to
be returned the next morning , lest it might be missed or wanted . Atlengih ...
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... reached us in our retreat , so that we were presently as completely drenched
as he . We had very little repose during the whole night ; but the wind abating the
next day , we succeeded in reaching Amboy before it was dark , after having pass
...
... reached us in our retreat , so that we were presently as completely drenched
as he . We had very little repose during the whole night ; but the wind abating the
next day , we succeeded in reaching Amboy before it was dark , after having pass
...
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... but he had the advantage of being able to de . vote more time to reading and
study , and an astonishing disposition for mathematics , in which he left me far
behind him When at Boston , I had been accus . tomed to pass with hiin almost all
...
... but he had the advantage of being able to de . vote more time to reading and
study , and an astonishing disposition for mathematics , in which he left me far
behind him When at Boston , I had been accus . tomed to pass with hiin almost all
...
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