The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His Life |
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... printer , though he had already a son in that profession . My brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a press and types , in order to establish a printing - house at Boston . This business pleased me much better than that of my ...
... printer , though he had already a son in that profession . My brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a press and types , in order to establish a printing - house at Boston . This business pleased me much better than that of my ...
Page 14
... printing - house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a strange fancy for poetry , and composed several little pieces . My brother ...
... printing - house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library , and had the goodness to lend me any books I was desirous of reading . I then took a strange fancy for poetry , and composed several little pieces . My brother ...
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... printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and dispatching my frugal meal , which frequently consisted of a biscuit only , or a slice of bread and a bunch of raisins , or a bun from the pastry - cook's , with a glass of ...
... printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and dispatching my frugal meal , which frequently consisted of a biscuit only , or a slice of bread and a bunch of raisins , or a bun from the pastry - cook's , with a glass of ...
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... print a new public paper . It was the second that made its ap- pearance in America , and was entitled the " New England Courant . " The only one that existed before was the " Boston News Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember ...
... print a new public paper . It was the second that made its ap- pearance in America , and was entitled the " New England Courant . " The only one that existed before was the " Boston News Letter . " Some of his friends , I remember ...
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... printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communicated it to his friends , when they came as usual to see him , who read it , commented upon it within my hearing , and I had the exquisite pleasure to find that ...
... printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communicated it to his friends , when they came as usual to see him , who read it , commented upon it within my hearing , and I had the exquisite pleasure to find that ...
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