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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... a miserable Sunday morning , which showed them they had passed Philadelphia ; when they tacked , and reached the city between eight and nine . Here again Franklin felt his destitution in no small degree 16 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... a miserable Sunday morning , which showed them they had passed Philadelphia ; when they tacked , and reached the city between eight and nine . Here again Franklin felt his destitution in no small degree 16 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... passed the house of Mr Read , the father of my future wife . She was standing at the door , observed me , and thought , with reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . " I then turned the corner , and went through ...
... passed the house of Mr Read , the father of my future wife . She was standing at the door , observed me , and thought , with reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . " I then turned the corner , and went through ...
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... passed during his government . " Thus introduced to that country whose very throne he was destined to shake , the subject of our memoir obtained employment at one Palmer's , a considerable printer in Bartholomew - close . His earnings ...
... passed during his government . " Thus introduced to that country whose very throne he was destined to shake , the subject of our memoir obtained employment at one Palmer's , a considerable printer in Bartholomew - close . His earnings ...
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... passed away in a very pleasant manner . " Franklin , from boyhood , was a capital swimmer . He had studied and practised Thevenot's doctrines ; and displayed , during his stay in London , that agility on the Thames which procured him ...
... passed away in a very pleasant manner . " Franklin , from boyhood , was a capital swimmer . He had studied and practised Thevenot's doctrines ; and displayed , during his stay in London , that agility on the Thames which procured him ...
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... passed about eighteen months in London , working hard at his business , improving his know- ledge , and extending his acquaintance . But his friend Ralph , his book purchases , and occasionally frequenting the theatre , kept him poor ...
... passed about eighteen months in London , working hard at his business , improving his know- ledge , and extending his acquaintance . But his friend Ralph , his book purchases , and occasionally frequenting the theatre , kept him poor ...
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