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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... learned that it has been translated into almost all the languages of Eu- rope , ani , next to the Bible , I am persuaded it is one of the books that has had the greatest spread . Honest John is the first , that I know of , who has mixed ...
... learned that it has been translated into almost all the languages of Eu- rope , ani , next to the Bible , I am persuaded it is one of the books that has had the greatest spread . Honest John is the first , that I know of , who has mixed ...
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... learned my age . He thought me , he said , a young man very promising talents , and that , of consequence , ought to be encouraged ; that there were at Philadel phia none but very ignorant printers , and that if I were to set up for ...
... learned my age . He thought me , he said , a young man very promising talents , and that , of consequence , ought to be encouraged ; that there were at Philadel phia none but very ignorant printers , and that if I were to set up for ...
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... learned , as well from himself as from the report of others , that every day since his arrival at New - York , he had been intoxicated , and had acted in a very extravagant manner . He had also played and lost all his money ; so that I ...
... learned , as well from himself as from the report of others , that every day since his arrival at New - York , he had been intoxicated , and had acted in a very extravagant manner . He had also played and lost all his money ; so that I ...
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... learned that he was universally known to be liberal of promises , when he had no intention to perform . But having never soli- cited him , how could I suppose his offers to be deceit . ful ? On the contrary , I believed him to be the ...
... learned that he was universally known to be liberal of promises , when he had no intention to perform . But having never soli- cited him , how could I suppose his offers to be deceit . ful ? On the contrary , I believed him to be the ...
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... learned that , having reason to be dissatisfied with the parents of his wife , he proposed to himself to leave her on their hands , and never return to America again . Having taken leave of my friends , and interchang- ed promises of ...
... learned that , having reason to be dissatisfied with the parents of his wife , he proposed to himself to leave her on their hands , and never return to America again . Having taken leave of my friends , and interchang- ed promises of ...
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