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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Page 36
... the theatre , kept him poor . Twenty- seven pounds out of his earnings went in the first item alone ; his fellow - adventurer however seems by no means to have spared endeavours to succeed in 36 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... the theatre , kept him poor . Twenty- seven pounds out of his earnings went in the first item alone ; his fellow - adventurer however seems by no means to have spared endeavours to succeed in 36 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
Page 47
... new types which had been ordered arrived from London . He and Meredith left Keimer , and took a shop near the market - place , the rent of which was twenty - four pounds a year . To lessen it LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . 47.
... new types which had been ordered arrived from London . He and Meredith left Keimer , and took a shop near the market - place , the rent of which was twenty - four pounds a year . To lessen it LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . 47.
Page 48
... pounds a year . To lessen it , they parted off a portion of the house for Thomas Godfrey , a gla- zier ; and had just put their press in order , and expended all their cash , when George House , an acquaintance of Franklin , brought a ...
... pounds a year . To lessen it , they parted off a portion of the house for Thomas Godfrey , a gla- zier ; and had just put their press in order , and expended all their cash , when George House , an acquaintance of Franklin , brought a ...
Page 78
... pounds , it is much easier to get the second , and realize , at least , three - fourths of another . Learning is to the studious , riches to the careful ; as well as favour to the bold , and heaven to the virtuous . ” In 1742 Franklin ...
... pounds , it is much easier to get the second , and realize , at least , three - fourths of another . Learning is to the studious , riches to the careful ; as well as favour to the bold , and heaven to the virtuous . ” In 1742 Franklin ...
Page 88
... pounds to the battery above - men- tioned . This gentleman had in his youth accompanied the celebrated William Penn to America , as his private secretary , and gave Franklin the following anecdote of their connexion . Their vessel , in ...
... pounds to the battery above - men- tioned . This gentleman had in his youth accompanied the celebrated William Penn to America , as his private secretary , and gave Franklin the following anecdote of their connexion . Their vessel , in ...
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