The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeN. Hickman, 1835 - 304 Seiten |
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... took my turn . We arrived , however , safe and sound , at Boston , after about a fortnight's passage . I had been absent seven complete months , and my relations , during that interval , had received no intelli- gence of me ; for my ...
... took my turn . We arrived , however , safe and sound , at Boston , after about a fortnight's passage . I had been absent seven complete months , and my relations , during that interval , had received no intelli- gence of me ; for my ...
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... took him into the boat , and conveyed him home in the evening completely drenched . The utmost coldness subsisted between us after this adventure . At last the captain of a West India ship , who was commissioned to pro- cure a tutor for ...
... took him into the boat , and conveyed him home in the evening completely drenched . The utmost coldness subsisted between us after this adventure . At last the captain of a West India ship , who was commissioned to pro- cure a tutor for ...
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... took great de- light in this exercise . I knew , and could execute , all the evolutions and positions of Thevenot ; and I added to them some of my own invention , in which I endeavoured to unite gracefulness and utility . I took a ...
... took great de- light in this exercise . I knew , and could execute , all the evolutions and positions of Thevenot ; and I added to them some of my own invention , in which I endeavoured to unite gracefulness and utility . I took a ...
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LIFE of Dr Franklin as written by Himself | 82 |
On the Death of his Brother Mr John Franklin | 140 |
A Petition of the Left Hand | 146 |
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