The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... pounds , which was so much money lost ; and when considered as taken from my little savings , was a very great sum . had , notwith- standing this , a regard for him , as he possessed many amiable qualities But though I had done nothing ...
... pounds , which was so much money lost ; and when considered as taken from my little savings , was a very great sum . had , notwith- standing this , a regard for him , as he possessed many amiable qualities But though I had done nothing ...
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... pounds a year , but I have since known it let for seventy , ) we admitted Thomas God- frey , a glazier , with his family , who eased us of a considerable part of it ; and with him we agreed to board . We had no sooner unpacked our ...
... pounds a year , but I have since known it let for seventy , ) we admitted Thomas God- frey , a glazier , with his family , who eased us of a considerable part of it ; and with him we agreed to board . We had no sooner unpacked our ...
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... pounds . Another hundred was still due , and the merchant being tired of waiting , commenced a suit against us . We bailed the action , but with the melancholy prospect , that , if the money was not forthcoming at the time fixed , the ...
... pounds . Another hundred was still due , and the merchant being tired of waiting , commenced a suit against us . We bailed the action , but with the melancholy prospect , that , if the money was not forthcoming at the time fixed , the ...
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... pounds he has advanced , pay my little per- sonal debts , and give me thirty pounds and a new saddle , I will renounce the partnership , and consign over the whole stock to you . ' I accepted this proposal without hesitation . It was ...
... pounds he has advanced , pay my little per- sonal debts , and give me thirty pounds and a new saddle , I will renounce the partnership , and consign over the whole stock to you . ' I accepted this proposal without hesitation . It was ...
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... pounds , being soon to expire . The wealthy inhabitants , prejudiced against every sort of paper currency , from the fear of its de- preciation , of which there had been an instance in the province of New England , to the injury of its ...
... pounds , being soon to expire . The wealthy inhabitants , prejudiced against every sort of paper currency , from the fear of its de- preciation , of which there had been an instance in the province of New England , to the injury of its ...
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