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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... called " The Light - house Tra- gedy " ( containing an account of a then recent ship- wreck ) and " a Sailor's Song , on the taking of Teach or Blackbeard , a noted Pirate . " The father however remonstrated , reminded both brothers ...
... called " The Light - house Tra- gedy " ( containing an account of a then recent ship- wreck ) and " a Sailor's Song , on the taking of Teach or Blackbeard , a noted Pirate . " The father however remonstrated , reminded both brothers ...
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... called the New 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 ...
... called the New 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 ...
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... called upon him at Keimer's , to the great surprise of both himself and his employer ; took him to drink wine with him at a neighbouring tavern ; and proposed at once , that he should solicit his father to place him in business . His ...
... called upon him at Keimer's , to the great surprise of both himself and his employer ; took him to drink wine with him at a neighbouring tavern ; and proposed at once , that he should solicit his father to place him in business . His ...
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... called on Franklin a few days before the time appointed , and produced what the latter thought a piece of some merit . Franklin had been , in the interim , much engaged , and was not ready . Finding this , Ralph importuned him to play ...
... called on Franklin a few days before the time appointed , and produced what the latter thought a piece of some merit . Franklin had been , in the interim , much engaged , and was not ready . Finding this , Ralph importuned him to play ...
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... called to receive his letters and take leave of sir William , the colonial secretary told him that the governor was much en- gaged with official papers , but would be down at New- castle before the ship . Franklin embarked , and dropped ...
... called to receive his letters and take leave of sir William , the colonial secretary told him that the governor was much en- gaged with official papers , but would be down at New- castle before the ship . Franklin embarked , and dropped ...
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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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