Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the SpectatorAbbott, 1812 - 301 pages |
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Page 12
... father observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no ac- count of their births , marriages and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register not extend- ing farther back than ...
... father observed with respect to their eldest sons . In the researches I made at Eaton , I found no ac- count of their births , marriages and deaths , earlier than the year 1555 ; the parish register not extend- ing farther back than ...
Page 13
... father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who en- couraged in like ...
... father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who en- couraged in like ...
Page 15
... father was prevailed on to ac- company them . My father had also by the same wife four children born in America , and ten others by a second wife , ma- king in all seventeen . I remember to have seen thir- teen seated together at his ...
... father was prevailed on to ac- company them . My father had also by the same wife four children born in America , and ten others by a second wife , ma- king in all seventeen . I remember to have seen thir- teen seated together at his ...
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... father des- tined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquire- ment , and ...
... father des- tined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquire- ment , and ...
Page 17
... father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he had served no apprenticeship , but which he embraced on his arrival in New England , because he found his own , that of a dyer ...
... father in his occupation , which was that of soap - boiler and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he had served no apprenticeship , but which he embraced on his arrival in New England , because he found his own , that of a dyer ...
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