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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... proposed a handsome remuneration to him for his trouble : so that Franklin conceived , had he remained in England ... proposal from a very intelligent and well - educated fellow- workman to travel over Europe with him , working by 26 ...
... proposed a handsome remuneration to him for his trouble : so that Franklin conceived , had he remained in England ... proposal from a very intelligent and well - educated fellow- workman to travel over Europe with him , working by 26 ...
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... proposals . He found in the printing - house the following hands : - " Hugh Meredith , a Pennsylvanian , about thirty- five years of age . He had been brought up to hus- bandry , was honest , sensible , had some experience , and was ...
... proposals . He found in the printing - house the following hands : - " Hugh Meredith , a Pennsylvanian , about thirty- five years of age . He had been brought up to hus- bandry , was honest , sensible , had some experience , and was ...
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... proposed ; ob- serving that , by waiting for the opportunity , a vacancy of great advantage to him must soon occur in Phila- delphia . When Franklin objected his want of money , he observed , that his ( Meredith's ) father had LIFE OF ...
... proposed ; ob- serving that , by waiting for the opportunity , a vacancy of great advantage to him must soon occur in Phila- delphia . When Franklin objected his want of money , he observed , that his ( Meredith's ) father had LIFE OF ...
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... proposal , your skill in the business will be ba- lanced by the capital I shall furnish ; and we will share the profits equally . " " His proposal was seasonable , and I fell in with it . His father , " adds Franklin , " who was then in ...
... proposal , your skill in the business will be ba- lanced by the capital I shall furnish ; and we will share the profits equally . " " His proposal was seasonable , and I fell in with it . His father , " adds Franklin , " who was then in ...
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... proposals for a new paper , and employed Webb to manage it . Franklin was much displeased at this ; but the circumstance only contributed to the developement of his powers , and his more complete success , at last , in the object which ...
... proposals for a new paper , and employed Webb to manage it . Franklin was much displeased at this ; but the circumstance only contributed to the developement of his powers , and his more complete success , at last , in the object which ...
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