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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... whole of the eighteenth century , realized this ancient metaphor in a most remarkable degree . He was at once the humble mechanic , the yet humbler son of a tallow - chandler whose busi- ness he hated , and the artificer of his ...
... whole of the eighteenth century , realized this ancient metaphor in a most remarkable degree . He was at once the humble mechanic , the yet humbler son of a tallow - chandler whose busi- ness he hated , and the artificer of his ...
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... whole strength of Britain wielded for indefensible purposes . He had few advantages of education , yet mingled , finally , with the most learned and most polite society in Europe . Inheriting no patrimony but that of a perse- cuted and ...
... whole strength of Britain wielded for indefensible purposes . He had few advantages of education , yet mingled , finally , with the most learned and most polite society in Europe . Inheriting no patrimony but that of a perse- cuted and ...
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... whole of this numerous group round the family board . The subject of our memoir was born at Boston in New England , January 17 , 1706. His mother , whom he characterizes as pious and prudent , discreet and virtuous * , was the daughter ...
... whole of this numerous group round the family board . The subject of our memoir was born at Boston in New England , January 17 , 1706. His mother , whom he characterizes as pious and prudent , discreet and virtuous * , was the daughter ...
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... grace now , over the whole barrel at once , it would be a prodigious saving of time . " inspired his early taste for biography and anecdote ; Defoe's 1 5 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . were also in the habit of consulting him in their ...
... grace now , over the whole barrel at once , it would be a prodigious saving of time . " inspired his early taste for biography and anecdote ; Defoe's 1 5 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . were also in the habit of consulting him in their ...
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... whole amount of money consisted of a shilling's - worth of copper , which he paid for his fare , and a single dollar . " I walked , " he observes , " towards the top of the street , looking eagerly on both sides , till I came to Market ...
... whole amount of money consisted of a shilling's - worth of copper , which he paid for his fare , and a single dollar . " I walked , " he observes , " towards the top of the street , looking eagerly on both sides , till I came to Market ...
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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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