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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Page 67
... success- ful essays . The subjects were characteristic of the writer ; the former being designed to prove , that no vicious man could be , strictly , a man of sense ; and the latter , that virtue was not secure until its prac- * See ...
... success- ful essays . The subjects were characteristic of the writer ; the former being designed to prove , that no vicious man could be , strictly , a man of sense ; and the latter , that virtue was not secure until its prac- * See ...
Page 68
... success ; so that , after bringing up a large family re- spectably , she was finally able to buy the printing- house for her son . In 1733 , he began to turn his attention to the ac- quirement of languages , and became familiar with the ...
... success ; so that , after bringing up a large family re- spectably , she was finally able to buy the printing- house for her son . In 1733 , he began to turn his attention to the ac- quirement of languages , and became familiar with the ...
Page 74
... success , as an advocate for works of charity . He had advised him to build his orphan- house at Philadelphia ... successful stroke of his oratory , the silver he thought must go ; and so admirable was the final appeal , " that I emptied ...
... success , as an advocate for works of charity . He had advised him to build his orphan- house at Philadelphia ... successful stroke of his oratory , the silver he thought must go ; and so admirable was the final appeal , " that I emptied ...
Page 87
... success . At New York they at first found the governor , sir William Clinton , very unwilling to comply with their request ; but , after dinner , Franklin watching the movements of the bottle , and pressing his suit accordingly , six ...
... success . At New York they at first found the governor , sir William Clinton , very unwilling to comply with their request ; but , after dinner , Franklin watching the movements of the bottle , and pressing his suit accordingly , six ...
Page 89
... success . A meet- ing however was appointed to consider the subject , when the other eight members punctually appeared , with but one Quaker , a Mr Morris . He was strenuous in his opposition , and deprecated even the discussion of the ...
... success . A meet- ing however was appointed to consider the subject , when the other eight members punctually appeared , with but one Quaker , a Mr Morris . He was strenuous in his opposition , and deprecated even the discussion of the ...
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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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