Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersHoughton, Mifflin, 1887 - 293 páginas |
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... once each month , unless a " glut of occurrences required it oftener . Four days later the Gen- eral Court decided that " Publick Occurrences " was a pamphlet , that it contained reflections of a high nature , that it was printed ...
... once each month , unless a " glut of occurrences required it oftener . Four days later the Gen- eral Court decided that " Publick Occurrences " was a pamphlet , that it contained reflections of a high nature , that it was printed ...
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... once a quarter , made a list of letters not called for , and higgled with ship - captains for distributing letters they ought to have lodged with him , he did all he was required to do . To John Campbell , however , these duties were ...
... once a quarter , made a list of letters not called for , and higgled with ship - captains for distributing letters they ought to have lodged with him , he did all he was required to do . To John Campbell , however , these duties were ...
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... once established the " Boston Ga- zette , " and gave the matter to James Franklin to print . While engaged in setting type and mixing ink in his brother's office , Benjamin began to write . His first attempts were two ballads " BOSTON ...
... once established the " Boston Ga- zette , " and gave the matter to James Franklin to print . While engaged in setting type and mixing ink in his brother's office , Benjamin began to write . His first attempts were two ballads " BOSTON ...
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... once began to live on rice , potatoes , and hasty- pudding . He read Xenophon's " Memorabilia , " and ever after used the Socratic method of dis- pute ; he read Shaftesbury and Collins , and be- came a skeptic ; he read a volume of ...
... once began to live on rice , potatoes , and hasty- pudding . He read Xenophon's " Memorabilia , " and ever after used the Socratic method of dis- pute ; he read Shaftesbury and Collins , and be- came a skeptic ; he read a volume of ...
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... once began to turn the tales into verse . The search after words that would not change the sense , yet were of length to suit the meter and of sound to suit the rhyme , was , he felt sure , the best way to supply the deficiency . When ...
... once began to turn the tales into verse . The search after words that would not change the sense , yet were of length to suit the meter and of sound to suit the rhyme , was , he felt sure , the best way to supply the deficiency . When ...
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