The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... shillings a- week , which fell in with my plan of saving , she per- suaded me to give it up , making herself an abatement of two shillings : and thus I continued to lodge with her , during the remainder of my abode in London , at ...
... shillings a- week , which fell in with my plan of saving , she per- suaded me to give it up , making herself an abatement of two shillings : and thus I continued to lodge with her , during the remainder of my abode in London , at ...
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... 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 of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he ...
... 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 of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he ...
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... printer Our money was almost exhausted by the number of things we had been obliged to procure . The five shillings we received from this countryman , the first fruit of our earnings , coming so seasonably , gave me mero DR . FRANKLIN . 71.
... printer Our money was almost exhausted by the number of things we had been obliged to procure . The five shillings we received from this countryman , the first fruit of our earnings , coming so seasonably , gave me mero DR . FRANKLIN . 71.
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... shillings each , and agreed to pay ten shillings annually . The number increased ; and in 1742 , the company was incorporated by the name of " The Library Company of Philadelphia . " Se- veral other companies were formed in this city in ...
... shillings each , and agreed to pay ten shillings annually . The number increased ; and in 1742 , the company was incorporated by the name of " The Library Company of Philadelphia . " Se- veral other companies were formed in this city in ...
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... shilling from any ancestor or relation . I shall , however , if it is not diminished by some accident before my death , leave a considerable estate among my descendants and relations . The above observation is made mere- ly as some ...
... shilling from any ancestor or relation . I shall , however , if it is not diminished by some accident before my death , leave a considerable estate among my descendants and relations . The above observation is made mere- ly as some ...
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