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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... importance in the chapel . I had besides re- commended myself to the esteem of my master by my assiduous application to business , never observing Saint Monday . My extraordinary quickness in composing always procured me such work as ...
... importance in the chapel . I had besides re- commended myself to the esteem of my master by my assiduous application to business , never observing Saint Monday . My extraordinary quickness in composing always procured me such work as ...
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... important business to settle with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Lord Egremont . But let us not anticipate events . I thas passed about eighteen months in Lon- don , working almost without intermission at my trade ...
... important business to settle with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Lord Egremont . But let us not anticipate events . I thas passed about eighteen months in Lon- don , working almost without intermission at my trade ...
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... ments , made ink , gave an eye to the shop ; in short , I was in every respect the factotum . But useful as I made myself , I perceived that my ser- Ι • vices became every day of less importance , in LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 79.
... ments , made ink , gave an eye to the shop ; in short , I was in every respect the factotum . But useful as I made myself , I perceived that my ser- Ι • vices became every day of less importance , in LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 79.
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... importance , in proportion as the other men improved : and when Keimer paid me my second quarter's wages , he gave me to understand they were too heavy , and that he thought I ought to make an abatement . He became by degrees less civil ...
... importance , in proportion as the other men improved : and when Keimer paid me my second quarter's wages , he gave me to understand they were too heavy , and that he thought I ought to make an abatement . He became by degrees less civil ...
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... important event . This was first set on foot by Franklin , about the year 1731. Fifty persons subscribed forty shillings each , and agreed to pay ten shil- fings annually . The number increased ; and , in 1742 , the company was ...
... important event . This was first set on foot by Franklin , about the year 1731. Fifty persons subscribed forty shillings each , and agreed to pay ten shil- fings annually . The number increased ; and , in 1742 , the company was ...
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