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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... united . At length James's affairs were brought to a crisis which presented him the wished - for prospect of liberty . The Massachusetts Assembly , which sat at Boston , took offence at some political remarks in the Courant , and issued ...
... united . At length James's affairs were brought to a crisis which presented him the wished - for prospect of liberty . The Massachusetts Assembly , which sat at Boston , took offence at some political remarks in the Courant , and issued ...
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... united , as in his own case ; only this worthy son of the muses had not so ungratefully abandoned them . He was composing verses in solid printing - metal , not finding them to require the crucible of writing or further thought , and ...
... united , as in his own case ; only this worthy son of the muses had not so ungratefully abandoned them . He was composing verses in solid printing - metal , not finding them to require the crucible of writing or further thought , and ...
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... united measures for the public defence . The characteristic soundness of the author's reasoning , and the remarkable effect produced by it , induce us to give an extract . " The enemy , " says he , " no doubt have been told , that the ...
... united measures for the public defence . The characteristic soundness of the author's reasoning , and the remarkable effect produced by it , induce us to give an extract . " The enemy , " says he , " no doubt have been told , that the ...
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... united force of reason , duty , and religion . " We must subjoin the conclusion of this spirited piece , as containing a strong eulogium on that parent country against which Franklin afterwards was called to act so much like an enemy ...
... united force of reason , duty , and religion . " We must subjoin the conclusion of this spirited piece , as containing a strong eulogium on that parent country against which Franklin afterwards was called to act so much like an enemy ...
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... united , thoroughly armed and disciplined - was every thing in our power done for our security , as far as human means and foresight could provide - we might then , with more propriety , humbly ask the assistance of heaven , and a ...
... united , thoroughly armed and disciplined - was every thing in our power done for our security , as far as human means and foresight could provide - we might then , with more propriety , humbly ask the assistance of heaven , and a ...
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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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