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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... trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age.- About this time , my brother John , who had ser- ved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted his father , and being married and settled in ...
... trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I arrived at twelve years of age.- About this time , my brother John , who had ser- ved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted his father , and being married and settled in ...
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... trade in London , and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship dis- pleasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passion- ately fond of reading , and I laid ...
... trade in London , and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship dis- pleasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passion- ately fond of reading , and I laid ...
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... trade , and believing myself to be a tolerable workman , I hesitated not to offer my services to the old Mr. William Bradford , who had been the first Prin- ter in Pennsylvania , but had quitted the pro- vince on account of a quarrel ...
... trade , and believing myself to be a tolerable workman , I hesitated not to offer my services to the old Mr. William Bradford , who had been the first Prin- ter in Pennsylvania , but had quitted the pro- vince on account of a quarrel ...
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... trade ; but she was little aware of the capital that would be necessary for such a purpose ! I was treated while at her house with true hospitality . She gave me , with the utmost good will , a dinner of beefsteaks , and would ac- cept ...
... trade ; but she was little aware of the capital that would be necessary for such a purpose ! I was treated while at her house with true hospitality . She gave me , with the utmost good will , a dinner of beefsteaks , and would ac- cept ...
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... trading sloop from Boston to Dela- aware . Being at Newcastle , forty miles below Philadelphia , he heard of me , and wrote to in- form me of the chagrin which my sudden depar- ture from Boston had occasioned my parents , and of the ...
... trading sloop from Boston to Dela- aware . Being at Newcastle , forty miles below Philadelphia , he heard of me , and wrote to in- form me of the chagrin which my sudden depar- ture from Boston had occasioned my parents , and of the ...
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