The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 Seiten |
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... engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary of fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than 1 earred as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed for ever , of printing , and gave ...
... engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary of fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than 1 earred as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I believed for ever , of printing , and gave ...
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... engaged these two at very low wages , which he had promised to raise every three months a shilling a week , provided their improvement in the typographic art should merit it . This future increase of wages was the bait he had made use ...
... engaged these two at very low wages , which he had promised to raise every three months a shilling a week , provided their improvement in the typographic art should merit it . This future increase of wages was the bait he had made use ...
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... institute himself , and in which Webb was to be engaged . I was exasperated at this proceeding , and , with a view to counteract them , not being able at present to institute my own paper , I wrote some humorous pieces 4 DR . FRANKLIN . 75.
... institute himself , and in which Webb was to be engaged . I was exasperated at this proceeding , and , with a view to counteract them , not being able at present to institute my own paper , I wrote some humorous pieces 4 DR . FRANKLIN . 75.
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... engaged him ; and he continued constantly and diligently to work with me . I also took an apprentice , the son of Aquila Rose . I began to pay , by degrees , the debt I had contract- ed ; and , in order to insure my credit and character ...
... engaged him ; and he continued constantly and diligently to work with me . I also took an apprentice , the son of Aquila Rose . I began to pay , by degrees , the debt I had contract- ed ; and , in order to insure my credit and character ...
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... engaged for us to desist , and that we should contrive to marry secretly , which would leave them at liberty to give or not , as they pleased . But , sus- pecting this motive , I never went again to their house . Some time after , Mrs ...
... engaged for us to desist , and that we should contrive to marry secretly , which would leave them at liberty to give or not , as they pleased . But , sus- pecting this motive , I never went again to their house . Some time after , Mrs ...
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