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How long they had resided there , prior to that period , my uncle had been unable
to discover ; probably ever since the institution of surnames , when they took the
appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a particular order ...
How long they had resided there , prior to that period , my uncle had been unable
to discover ; probably ever since the institution of surnames , when they took the
appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a particular order ...
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... and a constant attendant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a
pleasure in writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised .
Many volumes were thus collected by him . He was also extremely fond of politics
; too ...
... and a constant attendant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a
pleasure in writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised .
Many volumes were thus collected by him . He was also extremely fond of politics
; too ...
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... 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
intentions , took me from the grammar - school , and sent me to a school for
writing ...
... 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
intentions , took me from the grammar - school , and sent me to a school for
writing ...
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He therefore took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , braziers : joiners , and
other mechanics.employed at their work ; in order to discover the bent of my
inclination , and fix it , it he could , upon some occupation that might retain me on
...
He therefore took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , braziers : joiners , and
other mechanics.employed at their work ; in order to discover the bent of my
inclination , and fix it , it he could , upon some occupation that might retain me on
...
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... and who frequented our printing house , took notice of me . He invited me to
see his library , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of
reading : I then took a strange tancy for poetry , and composed several little
pieces .
... and who frequented our printing house , took notice of me . He invited me to
see his library , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of
reading : I then took a strange tancy for poetry , and composed several little
pieces .
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| Titel | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: With His Life, Written by Himself The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary: with His Life, Benjamin Franklin |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Verlag | R. Griffin & Company, 1831 |
| Original von | University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Nov. 2017 |
| Länge | 290 Seiten |
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