Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersHoughton, Mifflin, 1892 - 293 páginas |
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... trade , abandoned it and became a tallow - chandler instead . Abiah Folger was his second wife . The first wife brought him seven children . Abiah brought him ten , and of her ten children Benjamin was the youngest son . This name was ...
... trade , abandoned it and became a tallow - chandler instead . Abiah Folger was his second wife . The first wife brought him seven children . Abiah brought him ten , and of her ten children Benjamin was the youngest son . This name was ...
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... trade that should keep him on shore . Like a man of sense , the father tried to find the lad's bent , took him on long walks about town , went among the bricklayers and the 1 Three of the sermons taken down in this way are yet extant ...
... trade that should keep him on shore . Like a man of sense , the father tried to find the lad's bent , took him on long walks about town , went among the bricklayers and the 1 Three of the sermons taken down in this way are yet extant ...
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... trade in London . But a fee was asked . Josiah was vexed , and the boy was 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 ...
... trade in London . But a fee was asked . Josiah was vexed , and the boy was 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 ...
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... trade had grown up between Philadelphia , Bur- lington , Perth Town , and New York such as had never before existed . Notwithstanding this travel , the road when Franklin used it ran for miles through an unin- habited country . The ...
... trade had grown up between Philadelphia , Bur- lington , Perth Town , and New York such as had never before existed . Notwithstanding this travel , the road when Franklin used it ran for miles through an unin- habited country . The ...
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... trade . From both of these follies he was saved by one Denman . Denman had once been a Bristol merchant ; had failed , and emi- grated to America ; had retrieved his fortunes , and , to pay his debts , had gone back to Eng- land on the ...
... trade . From both of these follies he was saved by one Denman . Denman had once been a Bristol merchant ; had failed , and emi- grated to America ; had retrieved his fortunes , and , to pay his debts , had gone back to Eng- land on the ...
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Abbé Morellet accused Advertiser almanac America Andrew Bradford Arthur Lee assembly Autobiography began bills Boston Bradford British Busybody called colonies copy Courant debts declared edition England English essays folly France Frank Franklin wrote French gathered gave Gazette given governor hand hundred Indians issued James Franklin Jersey Keimer king knew labor land Leeds letters liberty London Lord magazine manuscript merchants months never newspaper once Pamlico Sound pamphlet paper money Paris passed Paxton Paxton Boys Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette Philadelphia pieces Poor Richard says pounds preface pretended printed printer printing-house province Province of Pennsylvania published Quakers Ralph Izard reader replied scarce sent sermon ship Silas Deane soon speech stamp act taken taxes Temple Franklin things tion took town trade tricity turn verses William Bradford write written York