The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin;: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself: : Together with Essays Humorous, Moral, and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, Volume 1 |
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... last letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , obferves , that it has been kindly ordered by the Author of nature , that , as we draw nearer the conclufion of life , we are furnished with more helps to ...
... last letter I received from him , after mentioning his age and infirmi- ties , obferves , that it has been kindly ordered by the Author of nature , that , as we draw nearer the conclufion of life , we are furnished with more helps to ...
Page 16
... last of the fons , and the youngest child , excepting two daughters . I was born at Bofton in New England . My mother , the second wife , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter Folger , one of the first colonists of New England , of whom ...
... last of the fons , and the youngest child , excepting two daughters . I was born at Bofton in New England . My mother , the second wife , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter Folger , one of the first colonists of New England , of whom ...
Page 24
... last determined my father to make me a printer , though he had al- ready a fon in that profeffion . My brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a prefs and types , in order to establish a printing - house at Bofton . This ...
... last determined my father to make me a printer , though he had al- ready a fon in that profeffion . My brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a prefs and types , in order to establish a printing - house at Bofton . This ...
Page 51
... but my father firmly maintained its abfurdity , and at last gave a positive refufal . He wrote , however , a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him for the protection he had so obligingly offer- ed DR . FRANK LIN . 51.
... but my father firmly maintained its abfurdity , and at last gave a positive refufal . He wrote , however , a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him for the protection he had so obligingly offer- ed DR . FRANK LIN . 51.
Page 64
... last the reading of Pope * ef- * Probably the Dunciad , where we find him thus immor- falifed by the Author : Silence ye wolves , while RALPH to Cynthia howls , And makes night hideous ; anfwer him , ye owls ! fected his cure : he ...
... last the reading of Pope * ef- * Probably the Dunciad , where we find him thus immor- falifed by the Author : Silence ye wolves , while RALPH to Cynthia howls , And makes night hideous ; anfwer him , ye owls ! fected his cure : he ...
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