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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... ment ; a custom which both he and my father observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no account of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register ...
... ment ; a custom which both he and my father observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no account of their births , marriages , and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register ...
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... . My brother was taken into custody , censured , and ordered into confine- ment for a month , because , as I presume , he would not discover the author . I was also taken up : and examined before the council ; but , LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 31.
... . My brother was taken into custody , censured , and ordered into confine- ment for a month , because , as I presume , he would not discover the author . I was also taken up : and examined before the council ; but , LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 31.
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... ment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had . too much impertinence not to afford it a very natural pretext . When he knew that it was my determination to quit him , he wished to prevent ...
... ment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had . too much impertinence not to afford it a very natural pretext . When he knew that it was my determination to quit him , he wished to prevent ...
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... ment we were out of the creek . We arrived on Sunday about eight or nine o'clock in the morn- ing , and landed on Market Street wharf . I have entered into the particulars of my voy- age , and shall , in like manner , describe my first ...
... ment we were out of the creek . We arrived on Sunday about eight or nine o'clock in the morn- ing , and landed on Market Street wharf . I have entered into the particulars of my voy- age , and shall , in like manner , describe my first ...
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... ment , was to defray the whole expense of our printing materials , had only paid a hundred pounds . Another hundred was still due , and the merchant being tired of waiting , commenced a suit against us . We bailed the action , but with ...
... ment , was to defray the whole expense of our printing materials , had only paid a hundred pounds . Another hundred was still due , and the merchant being tired of waiting , commenced a suit against us . We bailed the action , but with ...
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