The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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... of silk , Fixed to his girdle , white as morning milk ; Knight of the Shire , first Justice of the Assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise . Dr Franklin also found that he was himself the youngest 4 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... of silk , Fixed to his girdle , white as morning milk ; Knight of the Shire , first Justice of the Assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise . Dr Franklin also found that he was himself the youngest 4 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... Dr Franklin also found that he was himself the youngest son of the youngest son for five succeeding generations . were His grandfather , Thomas Franklin , born in 1598 ... FRANKLIN . 5 Dr Franklin also found that he was himself the ...
... Dr Franklin also found that he was himself the youngest son of the youngest son for five succeeding generations . were His grandfather , Thomas Franklin , born in 1598 ... FRANKLIN . 5 Dr Franklin also found that he was himself the ...
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... Dr Franklin's childhood has often been given ; but it ex- hibits his propensity to inuocent humour so characteristically , that we cannot omit it . The father followed the patterns of piety he had received from his ancestors , so as to ...
... Dr Franklin's childhood has often been given ; but it ex- hibits his propensity to inuocent humour so characteristically , that we cannot omit it . The father followed the patterns of piety he had received from his ancestors , so as to ...
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... Franklin determined to attempt a reply to Collins on paper : and a correspondence was com- menced upon the subject . Thus springs the future stream of Franklin's literary character , and his sin- gular ability for temperate ... DR FRANKLIN .
... Franklin determined to attempt a reply to Collins on paper : and a correspondence was com- menced upon the subject . Thus springs the future stream of Franklin's literary character , and his sin- gular ability for temperate ... DR FRANKLIN .
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... Franklin's apprenticeship had expired , we find him contributing material assist- ance to his brother in the establishment of a news- paper - the New England Courant . This was the second that appeared in the colonies ... DR FRANKLIN . 13.
... Franklin's apprenticeship had expired , we find him contributing material assist- ance to his brother in the establishment of a news- paper - the New England Courant . This was the second that appeared in the colonies ... DR FRANKLIN . 13.
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