The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable in- eidents were told us of him at Eaton . After enjoying the esteem and patronage of Lord Halifax , he died January 6 , 1702 , precisely four years before I was born . The recital that was ...
... town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable in- eidents were told us of him at Eaton . After enjoying the esteem and patronage of Lord Halifax , he died January 6 , 1702 , precisely four years before I was born . The recital that was ...
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... at the gram- mar - 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 DR . FRANKLIN . 15.
... at the gram- mar - 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 DR . FRANKLIN . 15.
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... specting the affairs of the town , or of the chu ch to which he belonged , and that they paid much defer- ence to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their private affairs , and DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
... specting the affairs of the town , or of the chu ch to which he belonged , and that they paid much defer- ence to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their private affairs , and DR . FRANKLIN . 17.
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... town to sell them . The first had a prodigious run , because the event was recent , and had made a great noise . My vanity was flattered by this success : but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my pro- ductions , and ...
... town to sell them . The first had a prodigious run , because the event was recent , and had made a great noise . My vanity was flattered by this success : but my father checked my exultation , by ridiculing my pro- ductions , and ...
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... town , and prejudiced the inasters against me ; whe accordingly refused to employ me . The idea then suggested itse f to me of going to New York , the near- est town in which there was a printing - office . Farther reflection confirmed ...
... town , and prejudiced the inasters against me ; whe accordingly refused to employ me . The idea then suggested itse f to me of going to New York , the near- est town in which there was a printing - office . Farther reflection confirmed ...
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