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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... IN THE MANNER OF THE SPECTATOR . AMONG WHICH ARE SEVERAL NOT INSERTED IN ANY AMERICAN EDITION . PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY DAVID ABBOTT . 1812 . William Brown , Printer . KONINKLIJKE PREFACE . THE volume that is here presented to THE ...
... IN THE MANNER OF THE SPECTATOR . AMONG WHICH ARE SEVERAL NOT INSERTED IN ANY AMERICAN EDITION . PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY DAVID ABBOTT . 1812 . William Brown , Printer . KONINKLIJKE PREFACE . THE volume that is here presented to THE ...
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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 ...
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... printing house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library ; and had the goodness to lend me any books I ... printed , he despatched me about the town to sell them : the first had a prodigious run , be- cause the event was ...
... printing house , took notice of me . He invited me to see his library ; and had the goodness to lend me any books I ... printed , he despatched me about the town to sell them : the first had a prodigious run , be- cause the event was ...
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... printing - house to go to dinner , I remain- ed 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 remain- ed 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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... printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communicated it to his friends , when they came as usu- al to see him , who read it , commented upon it within my hearing , and I had the exquisite pleasure to find ...
... printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communicated it to his friends , when they came as usu- al to see him , who read it , commented upon it within my hearing , and I had the exquisite pleasure to find ...
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