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... acquaintance in other places ; but soon found that , the business of a printer being generally thought a poor one ... acquaintances had con- tinued between me and Mrs. Read's family , who all had a regard for me from the time of my first ...
... acquaintance in other places ; but soon found that , the business of a printer being generally thought a poor one ... acquaintances had con- tinued between me and Mrs. Read's family , who all had a regard for me from the time of my first ...
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... acquainted with him ( being employed in printing his Sermons and Journals , etc. ) , never had the least suspicion of ... acquaintance jocosely remark'd , that , knowing it to be the custom of the saints , when they received any favour ...
... acquainted with him ( being employed in printing his Sermons and Journals , etc. ) , never had the least suspicion of ... acquaintance jocosely remark'd , that , knowing it to be the custom of the saints , when they received any favour ...
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... acquainted with my character . After dinner , when the company , as was cus- tomary at that time , were engag'd in drinking , he took me aside into another room , and acquainted me that he had been advis'd by his friends in England to ...
... acquainted with my character . After dinner , when the company , as was cus- tomary at that time , were engag'd in drinking , he took me aside into another room , and acquainted me that he had been advis'd by his friends in England to ...
Contents
DOGOOD PAPERS | 184 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1733 | 198 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1758 | 205 |
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