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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... thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however , in 1771 , there are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into ex- ecution and I ...
... thing that was not likely to succeed ; a single newspaper being , in their opinion , sufficient for all America . At present , however , in 1771 , there are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into ex- ecution and I ...
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... thing for me to do , but that he should soon be able to employ me . At the same time taking old Bradford for an inhabitant of the town well disposed towards him , he communicated his project to him , and the prospect he had of success ...
... thing for me to do , but that he should soon be able to employ me . At the same time taking old Bradford for an inhabitant of the town well disposed towards him , he communicated his project to him , and the prospect he had of success ...
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... thing should be adjusted to my satisfaction ; and he was very pressing in his intreaties . I answered his letter , thanked him for his advice , and explained the reasons which had induced me to quit Boston , with such force and ...
... thing should be adjusted to my satisfaction ; and he was very pressing in his intreaties . I answered his letter , thanked him for his advice , and explained the reasons which had induced me to quit Boston , with such force and ...
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... things of me to my father ; and strongly recommended the pro- ject of my settling at Philadelphia , as a thing which could not fail to make my fortune . Going down the bay we struck on a flat , and sprung a leak . The weather was very ...
... things of me to my father ; and strongly recommended the pro- ject of my settling at Philadelphia , as a thing which could not fail to make my fortune . Going down the bay we struck on a flat , and sprung a leak . The weather was very ...
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... men . Holmes said every thing he could in favor of the scheme ; but my father firmly maintained its absurdity , and at last gave a positive refusal . He wrote , how ever a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him 46 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... men . Holmes said every thing he could in favor of the scheme ; but my father firmly maintained its absurdity , and at last gave a positive refusal . He wrote , how ever a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him 46 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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