The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprise , as well relative to the county as the town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable in- eidents were told us ...
... soon became an essential personage in the affairs of the village ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprise , as well relative to the county as the town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable in- eidents were told us ...
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... soon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boil . er and tallow ...
... soon acquired an excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no sort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to assist my father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boil . er and tallow ...
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... soon found that of what he gave me I was able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen left the printing - house to go to dinner ...
... soon found that of what he gave me I was able to save half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages resulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen left the printing - house to go to dinner ...
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... soon afforded me singular pleasure ; Iincessantly practised it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from persons of superior understand- ing , concessions of which they did not foresee the consequence . Thus I involved them in ...
... soon afforded me singular pleasure ; Iincessantly practised it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from persons of superior understand- ing , concessions of which they did not foresee the consequence . Thus I involved them in ...
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... my brother , that , by remaining , I should soon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to apprehend , as , from my indiscreet } ; disputes upon the subject of religion , I began to DR . FRANKLIN . 29.
... my brother , that , by remaining , I should soon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to apprehend , as , from my indiscreet } ; disputes upon the subject of religion , I began to DR . FRANKLIN . 29.
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