The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 pages |
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Page 59
... , having reason to be dis- satisfied with the parents of his wife , he proposed to himself to leave her on their hands , and never return to America again .. came to anchor . Having taken leave of my friends LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 59.
... , having reason to be dis- satisfied with the parents of his wife , he proposed to himself to leave her on their hands , and never return to America again .. came to anchor . Having taken leave of my friends LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 59.
Page 62
... America . " We knew already as well as the stationer , at- torney Riddlesden to be a knave . He had near- ly ruined the father of Miss Read , by drawing him in to be his security . We learned from his letter , that he was secretly ...
... America . " We knew already as well as the stationer , at- torney Riddlesden to be a knave . He had near- ly ruined the father of Miss Read , by drawing him in to be his security . We learned from his letter , that he was secretly ...
Page 65
... America ; the principal of which was a purse made of the asbestos , which fire only purifies . Sir Hans Sloane , hearing of it , called upon me , and invited me to his house in Bloomsbury Square , where , after showing me every thing ...
... America ; the principal of which was a purse made of the asbestos , which fire only purifies . Sir Hans Sloane , hearing of it , called upon me , and invited me to his house in Bloomsbury Square , where , after showing me every thing ...
Page 73
... America , where , by assiduous application as a merchant , he acquired in a few years a very considerable fortune . Returning to England in the same vessel with myself , as I have related above , he invited all his old creditors to a ...
... America , where , by assiduous application as a merchant , he acquired in a few years a very considerable fortune . Returning to England in the same vessel with myself , as I have related above , he invited all his old creditors to a ...
Page 74
... America . Some years after , you and I had a more important business to settle with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Lord Egremont . But let us not anticipate events . I thas passed about eighteen months in Lon- don ...
... America . Some years after , you and I had a more important business to settle with one of the sons of Sir William Wyndham , then Lord Egremont . But let us not anticipate events . I thas passed about eighteen months in Lon- don ...
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