The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... received me with great affection . One of his friends , whose name was Vernon , having a debt of about thirty - six pounds due him in Pennsylvania , begged me to receive it for him , and to keep the money till I should hear from him ...
... received me with great affection . One of his friends , whose name was Vernon , having a debt of about thirty - six pounds due him in Pennsylvania , begged me to receive it for him , and to keep the money till I should hear from him ...
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... received me with great civil . ity , told me on the part of the Governor , that he could not see me then , as he was engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would send the letters en board , and that he wished me ...
... received me with great civil . ity , told me on the part of the Governor , that he could not see me then , as he was engaged in affairs of the utmost importance , but that he would send the letters en board , and that he wished me ...
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... received an education somewhat above her rank , her conver- sation was very agreeable . Ralph read plays to her every evening . They became intimate . She took another lodging , and he followed her . They lived for some time together ...
... received an education somewhat above her rank , her conver- sation was very agreeable . Ralph read plays to her every evening . They became intimate . She took another lodging , and he followed her . They lived for some time together ...
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... received a better education than is common among printers . He was a tolerable Latin scholar , spoke French fluently , and was fond of reading . I taught him , as well as a friend of his , to swim , by taking them twice only into the ...
... received a better education than is common among printers . He was a tolerable Latin scholar , spoke French fluently , and was fond of reading . I taught him , as well as a friend of his , to swim , by taking them twice only into the ...
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... received his small composition ; and , while they expected nothing more than a simple entertain- ment , each found under his plate , when it came to be removed , a draft upon a banker for the residue of 3 his debt , with interest . 1 He ...
... received his small composition ; and , while they expected nothing more than a simple entertain- ment , each found under his plate , when it came to be removed , a draft upon a banker for the residue of 3 his debt , with interest . 1 He ...
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