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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... engaged at Palmer's , at that time a noted printer in Bar- tholomew close , with whom I continued nearly a year . 1 applied very assiduously to my work ; but I expended with Ralph almost all that I earned . Plays and other places of ...
... engaged at Palmer's , at that time a noted printer in Bar- tholomew close , with whom I continued nearly a year . 1 applied very assiduously to my work ; but I expended with Ralph almost all that I earned . Plays and other places of ...
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... I consequently engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary o fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as 7 D LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 73.
... I consequently engaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary o fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earned as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as 7 D LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 73.
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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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... 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 in Bradford's , under the title of the Busy Body ; and which was ...
... 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 in Bradford's , under the title of the Busy Body ; and which was ...
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... engaged him ; and he continued constantly and diligently to work with me . I also took an ap- prentice , the son of Aquila Rose . I began to pay , by degrees , the debt I had contracted ; and , in order to ensure my credit and character ...
... engaged him ; and he continued constantly and diligently to work with me . I also took an ap- prentice , the son of Aquila Rose . I began to pay , by degrees , the debt I had contracted ; and , in order to ensure my credit and character ...
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