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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... says , This worthy FRANKLIN bore a purse of silk , Fixed to his girdle , white as morning milk ; Knight of the Shire , first Justice of the Assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise . Dr Franklin also found that he was himself ...
... says , This worthy FRANKLIN bore a purse of silk , Fixed to his girdle , white as morning milk ; Knight of the Shire , first Justice of the Assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise . Dr Franklin also found that he was himself ...
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... says , " the tithe of his father's sons , " he was originally designed for the church , and was accord- ingly placed at the grammar - school of Boston for about a year . This clerical destination was greatly encouraged by his uncle and ...
... says , " the tithe of his father's sons , " he was originally designed for the church , and was accord- ingly placed at the grammar - school of Boston for about a year . This clerical destination was greatly encouraged by his uncle and ...
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... says . " I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view , I selected some of the papers , made short summaries of ...
... says . " I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view , I selected some of the papers , made short summaries of ...
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... says , " has been of great advantage to me , when I have had occasion to incul cate my opinions , and persuade men into measures that I have been , from time to time , engaged in promoting . And as the chief ends of conversation are to ...
... says , " has been of great advantage to me , when I have had occasion to incul cate my opinions , and persuade men into measures that I have been , from time to time , engaged in promoting . And as the chief ends of conversation are to ...
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... says ; " and this I there- fore notice as one of the first errata of my life : but the unfairness of it weighed little with me when under the impression of resentment for the blows his passion too often urged him to bestow upon me ...
... says ; " and this I there- fore notice as one of the first errata of my life : but the unfairness of it weighed little with me when under the impression of resentment for the blows his passion too often urged him to bestow upon me ...
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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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