The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 pages |
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... pieces addressed to his friends . He had invented a short hand , which he taught me , but . having never made use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a constant attend- ant on the best preachers , whose sermons ...
... pieces addressed to his friends . He had invented a short hand , which he taught me , but . having never made use of it , I have now forgotten it . He was a man of piety , and a constant attend- ant on the best preachers , whose sermons ...
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... pieces ; but there appears to be only one in print , which I met with many years ago . It was published in the year 1675 , and is in familiar verse , agreeably to the taste of the times and the country . The author addresses himself to ...
... pieces ; but there appears to be only one in print , which I met with many years ago . It was published in the year 1675 , and is in familiar verse , agreeably to the taste of the times and the country . The author addresses himself to ...
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... piece , I placed it at night un- der the door of the printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communi- cated it to his friends , when they came as usual to see him , who read it , commented upon it with- in my ...
... piece , I placed it at night un- der the door of the printing - house , where it was found the next morning . My brother communi- cated it to his friends , when they came as usual to see him , who read it , commented upon it with- in my ...
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... pieces , which were equally approved ; keeping the secret till my slender stock of information and knowledge for such performances was pretty completely exhausted , when I made myself known . My brother , upon this discovery , began to ...
... pieces , which were equally approved ; keeping the secret till my slender stock of information and knowledge for such performances was pretty completely exhausted , when I made myself known . My brother , upon this discovery , began to ...
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... bay we met with a squall , which shattered to pieces our rotten Bails , and prevented us from entering the Kill and threw us upon Long - Island . During the squall , a drunken Dutchman , who like 31 LIFE OF FRANKLIN ,
... bay we met with a squall , which shattered to pieces our rotten Bails , and prevented us from entering the Kill and threw us upon Long - Island . During the squall , a drunken Dutchman , who like 31 LIFE OF FRANKLIN ,
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