The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 Seiten |
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... undertake to maintain myself . The offer was instantly em braced , and I 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 advan- 26 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... undertake to maintain myself . The offer was instantly em braced , and I 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 advan- 26 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... able to gratify it ; but having another trade , and believing myself to be a tolerable workman , I hesitated not to offer my services to the old Mr. William Bradford , who had been the first Prin- ter in Pennsylvania , but had quitted ...
... able to gratify it ; but having another trade , and believing myself to be a tolerable workman , I hesitated not to offer my services to the old Mr. William Bradford , who had been the first Prin- ter in Pennsylvania , but had quitted ...
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... able to compare beginnings so little auspicious , with the figure I have since made . On my arrival at Philadelphia I was in my working dress , my best clothes being to come by sea . I was covered with dirt ; my pockets were filled with ...
... able to compare beginnings so little auspicious , with the figure I have since made . On my arrival at Philadelphia I was in my working dress , my best clothes being to come by sea . I was covered with dirt ; my pockets were filled with ...
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... able to employ me . At the same time taking old Bradford for an inhabitant of the town well disposed towards him , he communicated his project to him , and the prospect he had of success . Bradford was careful not to disco- ver that he ...
... able to employ me . At the same time taking old Bradford for an inhabitant of the town well disposed towards him , he communicated his project to him , and the prospect he had of success . Bradford was careful not to disco- ver that he ...
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... able to devote more time to reading and study , and an astonishing disposition for mathe- matics , in which he left me far behind him . When at Boston , I had been accustomed to pass with him almost all my leisure hours . He was then a ...
... able to devote more time to reading and study , and an astonishing disposition for mathe- matics , in which he left me far behind him . When at Boston , I had been accustomed to pass with him almost all my leisure hours . He was then a ...
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