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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... Arriving the third day , Saturday , at Bur- lington , he had the misfortune to find that all the Phi- ladelphia boats had sailed , and that no other was ex- pected to start before the Tuesday following . Asking advice as to his ...
... Arriving the third day , Saturday , at Bur- lington , he had the misfortune to find that all the Phi- ladelphia boats had sailed , and that no other was ex- pected to start before the Tuesday following . Asking advice as to his ...
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... arrived . I stepped into it to take a draught of the river - water ; and finding myself satisfied with my first roll , I gave the other two to a woman and her child , who had come down the river with us in the boat , and was waiting to ...
... arrived . I stepped into it to take a draught of the river - water ; and finding myself satisfied with my first roll , I gave the other two to a woman and her child , who had come down the river with us in the boat , and was waiting to ...
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... arrival at New York , suspicion fell upon these young women . Their lodgings , to which Franklin had been invited , but refused to go , were searched , and the property found there . " And thus , after having been saved from one rock ...
... arrival at New York , suspicion fell upon these young women . Their lodgings , to which Franklin had been invited , but refused to go , were searched , and the property found there . " And thus , after having been saved from one rock ...
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... Arriving at Newcastle , Franklin found that the governor was certainly there ; but the secretary re- ceived him with apologies , and assured him that it was with the greatest regret sir William Keith could not see him ; but he would not ...
... Arriving at Newcastle , Franklin found that the governor was certainly there ; but the secretary re- ceived him with apologies , and assured him that it was with the greatest regret sir William Keith could not see him ; but he would not ...
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... ; and being handed to that gentleman , on his arrival soon after , furnished that important information for which he ever acknowledged himself obliged to Franklin . At the suggestion of the worthy Denham , he re- 28 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... ; and being handed to that gentleman , on his arrival soon after , furnished that important information for which he ever acknowledged himself obliged to Franklin . At the suggestion of the worthy Denham , he re- 28 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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