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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... England , January 17 , 1706. His mother , whom he characterizes as pious and prudent , discreet and virtuous * , was the daughter of one of the first settlers of that part of the country , a Mr Peter Folgier , ho- nourably mentioned in ...
... England , January 17 , 1706. His mother , whom he characterizes as pious and prudent , discreet and virtuous * , was the daughter of one of the first settlers of that part of the country , a Mr Peter Folgier , ho- nourably mentioned in ...
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... England , the father established him there in that business ; and Benjamin was offered a situation as his apprentice . This accorded with his bookish propensities ; but the term of bondage pro- posed was unreasonable , and his seafaring ...
... England , the father established him there in that business ; and Benjamin was offered a situation as his apprentice . This accorded with his bookish propensities ; but the term of bondage pro- posed was unreasonable , and his seafaring ...
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... England Courant . This was the second that appeared in the colonies ; and Mr James Franklin was seriously dissuaded by many of his friends from undertaking it , on the ground of one paper being enough for America ! It being Benjamin's ...
... England Courant . This was the second that appeared in the colonies ; and Mr James Franklin was seriously dissuaded by many of his friends from undertaking it , on the ground of one paper being enough for America ! It being Benjamin's ...
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... England Courant . " The friends of the new undertaking , pecuniary and lite- rary , now sat in conclave . The order must not be dis- obeyed ; but the happy circumstance of Benjamin uniting the same family - name with ( as it was ...
... England Courant . " The friends of the new undertaking , pecuniary and lite- rary , now sat in conclave . The order must not be dis- obeyed ; but the happy circumstance of Benjamin uniting the same family - name with ( as it was ...
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... England , for which he should repay him when able . What young man could have believed him insincere ? " I naturally thought him , " says Franklin , " one of the best men in the world . " It was now arranged that he was to prepare an in ...
... England , for which he should repay him when able . What young man could have believed him insincere ? " I naturally thought him , " says Franklin , " one of the best men in the world . " It was now arranged that he was to prepare an in ...
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