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 , in December 1724 , and reached London on the 24th of that month . One of his letters was addressed to the king's printer ; another to a stationer in the city , whose shop happening to be first in his way , he determined to go ...
... England , in December 1724 , and reached London on the 24th of that month . One of his letters was addressed to the king's printer ; another to a stationer in the city , whose shop happening to be first in his way , he determined to go ...
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... been lost . The great uncertainty I found in metaphysical reasonings disgusted me ; and I quitted that kind of reading and study for others more satisfactory . " * When he came to England afterwards , as the 30 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... been lost . The great uncertainty I found in metaphysical reasonings disgusted me ; and I quitted that kind of reading and study for others more satisfactory . " * When he came to England afterwards , as the 30 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... England , he might have opened a swimming school with very good prospects of success . " Had the over- ture , " he says , " been made earlier by sir William , and when he was less disposed than he now was to return to America , he would ...
... England , he might have opened a swimming school with very good prospects of success . " Had the over- ture , " he says , " been made earlier by sir William , and when he was less disposed than he now was to return to America , he would ...
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... England . The new library was open one day in the week , for the purpose of lending books to the subscribers , on their promissory notes to pay double the value if they were not duly returned . And Franklin observes , in after - life ...
... England . The new library was open one day in the week , for the purpose of lending books to the subscribers , on their promissory notes to pay double the value if they were not duly returned . And Franklin observes , in after - life ...
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... connexion between two of the most remarkable characters of the 18th century , the sceptical FRANKLIN , and the enthusiastic WHITFIELD . The latter was , in 1739 , a returning to Georgia from England ( where he had 72 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... connexion between two of the most remarkable characters of the 18th century , the sceptical FRANKLIN , and the enthusiastic WHITFIELD . The latter was , in 1739 , a returning to Georgia from England ( where he had 72 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ... Leonard Woods No preview available - 2016 |
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