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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... letter of our young printer to his family , he was im- pressed so favourably with its contents , as to declare that he would soon be , and ought to be , at the head of his profession in Philadelphia . This circumstance occurred by ...
... letter of our young printer to his family , he was im- pressed so favourably with its contents , as to declare that he would soon be , and ought to be , at the head of his profession in Philadelphia . This circumstance occurred by ...
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... letter to his father , with which Benjamin Franklin was himself to proceed by the first vessel to Boston . After this , he was invited to the table at the go- vernment - house , and received as a known public fa- vourite of Keith : but ...
... letter to his father , with which Benjamin Franklin was himself to proceed by the first vessel to Boston . After this , he was invited to the table at the go- vernment - house , and received as a known public fa- vourite of Keith : but ...
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... letter which Franklin brought from his father , pronounced his decision " too prudent , " re - asserting his own strong opinion of our hero's merit , and his determination instantly to do for him what the father refused . He was ...
... letter which Franklin brought from his father , pronounced his decision " too prudent , " re - asserting his own strong opinion of our hero's merit , and his determination instantly to do for him what the father refused . He was ...
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... another line of composition . As the period for Franklin's proposed voyage to Eng- land approached , he applied frequently at the govern ment - house for his letters of credit and recommenda- 26 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... another line of composition . As the period for Franklin's proposed voyage to Eng- land approached , he applied frequently at the govern ment - house for his letters of credit and recommenda- 26 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... letters of credit and recommenda- tion ; but a future day was always appointed . The sail- ing of the ship was postponed more than once ; but the governor still was not ready . At last , when the ves- sel was about to sail , and ...
... letters of credit and recommenda- tion ; but a future day was always appointed . The sail- ing of the ship was postponed more than once ; but the governor still was not ready . At last , when the ves- sel was about to sail , and ...
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