Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 293 páginas |
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... soon after to that of George Brownell , a pedagogue famed for his skill in arithmetic and the use of the quill . To this school he went regularly till the master ceased to teach boys to make pot - hooks and loops , and PARENTS OF ...
... soon after to that of George Brownell , a pedagogue famed for his skill in arithmetic and the use of the quill . To this school he went regularly till the master ceased to teach boys to make pot - hooks and loops , and PARENTS OF ...
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... soon home and in the shop . There he fell to reading . As to the charac- ter of the books that made the library of Josiah Franklin , neither his will , inventory , nor account afford much information . From the inventory it appears that ...
... soon home and in the shop . There he fell to reading . As to the charac- ter of the books that made the library of Josiah Franklin , neither his will , inventory , nor account afford much information . From the inventory it appears that ...
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... soon appeared in Pamlico Sound . Theach descried her one evening in November , 1718 , and the next morning a running fight took place through the sounds and inlets of that singular coast . Discipline prevailed ; the pirate was boarded ...
... soon appeared in Pamlico Sound . Theach descried her one evening in November , 1718 , and the next morning a running fight took place through the sounds and inlets of that singular coast . Discipline prevailed ; the pirate was boarded ...
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... soon to break , reading by the light of a farthing candle made in his father's shop . Everything that he read at this time of life influenced him strongly . A wretched book on vegetable diet came into his hands , and he at once began to ...
... soon to break , reading by the light of a farthing candle made in his father's shop . Everything that he read at this time of life influenced him strongly . A wretched book on vegetable diet came into his hands , and he at once began to ...
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... soon to pay dearly . The very act by which he evaded the order of the Gen- eral Court placed him in the power of his ap , prentice , and set the lad an example of dishon- esty which Benjamin was quick to follow . From the few glimpses ...
... soon to pay dearly . The very act by which he evaded the order of the Gen- eral Court placed him in the power of his ap , prentice , and set the lad an example of dishon- esty which Benjamin was quick to follow . From the few glimpses ...
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