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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... French , his friend , who was connected with the government of the province of Delaware . Franklin of course readily concurred in such unexpected and flattering plans . Sir William fur- ther offered to write a letter to his father ...
... French , his friend , who was connected with the government of the province of Delaware . Franklin of course readily concurred in such unexpected and flattering plans . Sir William fur- ther offered to write a letter to his father ...
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... French prophets . Franklin describes him as retaining much of his enthusiasm and supersti- tious particularities to old age . Upon him he exer- cised his power of argument freely , puzzled him with his Socratic method , ' and drew him ...
... French prophets . Franklin describes him as retaining much of his enthusiasm and supersti- tious particularities to old age . Upon him he exer- cised his power of argument freely , puzzled him with his Socratic method , ' and drew him ...
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... French , and Franklin inquired for his letters , he was informed by the captain that they were all de- posited in one bag , which he could not then have dis- turbed , but that he would give him an opportunity for inspecting it during ...
... French , and Franklin inquired for his letters , he was informed by the captain that they were all de- posited in one bag , which he could not then have dis- turbed , but that he would give him an opportunity for inspecting it during ...
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... French , Italian , and Spanish , successively . From these he proceeded to regain and extend his know- ledge of Latin , in which he never had more than one year's instruction , he observes , in the early part of life . Here the ...
... French , Italian , and Spanish , successively . From these he proceeded to regain and extend his know- ledge of Latin , in which he never had more than one year's instruction , he observes , in the early part of life . Here the ...
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... French army , joined by Irish Catholics , under a bigoted popish king ! Let the memorable siege of Londonderry , and the signal actions of the Inniskillingers , by which the heart of that prince's schemes was broken , be per- petual ...
... French army , joined by Irish Catholics , under a bigoted popish king ! Let the memorable siege of Londonderry , and the signal actions of the Inniskillingers , by which the heart of that prince's schemes was broken , be per- petual ...
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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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