Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 293 páginas |
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... colonies ; when the colonies were but ten in number , and when the population of the ten did not sum up to four hundred thousand souls ; at a time when witches were plentiful in New England ; when foxes troubled the farmers of Lynn ...
... colonies ; when the colonies were but ten in number , and when the population of the ten did not sum up to four hundred thousand souls ; at a time when witches were plentiful in New England ; when foxes troubled the farmers of Lynn ...
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... colonies where there were printers , the press was busy in the cause of the church . Between the first of January , 1706 , and the first of January , 1718 , all the publica- tions known to have been printed in America number at least ...
... colonies where there were printers , the press was busy in the cause of the church . Between the first of January , 1706 , and the first of January , 1718 , all the publica- tions known to have been printed in America number at least ...
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... colonies . The greatest American then living was unquestionably Cotton Mather . Yet he is in no sense deserving to be called a man of letters . His pen , indeed , was never idle . Four hundred and twenty - three of his productions are ...
... colonies . The greatest American then living was unquestionably Cotton Mather . Yet he is in no sense deserving to be called a man of letters . His pen , indeed , was never idle . Four hundred and twenty - three of his productions are ...
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... colonies . As time passed , the glut of occurrences steadily increased ; his work grew daily more in favor ; and he was at last compelled to lay down the pen , betake himself to type , and become the founder of the Ameri- can newspaper ...
... colonies . As time passed , the glut of occurrences steadily increased ; his work grew daily more in favor ; and he was at last compelled to lay down the pen , betake himself to type , and become the founder of the Ameri- can newspaper ...
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... colonies , for , the day before the first number was seen at Boston , Brad- ford's " American Mercury " appeared at Phila- delphia . In quality the " Courant " was the most readable , the most entertaining , the most aggres- sive ...
... colonies , for , the day before the first number was seen at Boston , Brad- ford's " American Mercury " appeared at Phila- delphia . In quality the " Courant " was the most readable , the most entertaining , the most aggres- sive ...
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