Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersHoughton, Mifflin, 1887 - 293 páginas |
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... never opened on the Sabbath . Behind the barrier was a maze of narrow streets , lined with buildings most of which have long since disappeared . On the site of the Old South Church stood a wooden meeting - house , pulled down in 1729 ...
... never opened on the Sabbath . Behind the barrier was a maze of narrow streets , lined with buildings most of which have long since disappeared . On the site of the Old South Church stood a wooden meeting - house , pulled down in 1729 ...
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... never come into the hands of bookbinders to be reclothed . There were , Mather's " Essay to do Good , " and Defoe's " Essay on Projects , " Plutarch's " Lives , " the only readable book in the collec- tion , and a pile of thumbed and ...
... never come into the hands of bookbinders to be reclothed . There were , Mather's " Essay to do Good , " and Defoe's " Essay on Projects , " Plutarch's " Lives , " the only readable book in the collec- tion , and a pile of thumbed and ...
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... saved , forty volumes of Bur- ton's " Historical Collections " were secured . The bent of his mind was now unmistakable . He stood in no danger of going to sea ; he did not need his uncle's sermons ; he would never be 8 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... saved , forty volumes of Bur- ton's " Historical Collections " were secured . The bent of his mind was now unmistakable . He stood in no danger of going to sea ; he did not need his uncle's sermons ; he would never be 8 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... never idle . Four hundred and twenty - three of his productions are still extant , yet our literature would have suffered no loss if every one of them had perished . Everything that he left is of value , but the value is of that kind ...
... never idle . Four hundred and twenty - three of his productions are still extant , yet our literature would have suffered no loss if every one of them had perished . Everything that he left is of value , but the value is of that kind ...
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... never before existed . Notwithstanding this travel , the road when Franklin used it ran for miles through an unin- habited country . The almanacs , which were the road - books of that day , make mention of but four places where a ...
... never before existed . Notwithstanding this travel , the road when Franklin used it ran for miles through an unin- habited country . The almanacs , which were the road - books of that day , make mention of but four places where a ...
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abuse Académie des Sciences almanac America Andrew Bradford Anti-federalists Arthur Lee assembly Autobiography began Benjamin Benjamin Franklin bills Boston Bradford British Busybody called colonies copy Courant court declared defense edition England English essays France Frank Franklin wrote French Galloway gathered gave given governor Guadaloupe hand hundred Indians issued James Franklin Jersey Keimer king knew labor land Leeds letters liberty lish London Lord magazine manuscript merchants months never newspaper once pamphlet paper money Paris passed Passy Paxton Paxton Boys pay their debts peace Penn Pennsyl Pennsylvania Gazette petition Philadelphia pieces Poor Richard says pounds preface pretended printed printer province Province of Pennsylvania published Quakers replied Scarcely sent sermons ship Silas Deane Society soon speech stamp act taxes Temple Franklin thing tion took town treaty tricity unknown magazine Veillard write written York