The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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... ask his advice respecting the affairs of the town , or of the church to which he belonged , and that they paid much deference to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... ask his advice respecting the affairs of the town , or of the church to which he belonged , and that they paid much deference to his opinion . Individuals were also in the habit of consulting him in their LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... affairs , and he was often chosen arbiter between contending parties . " He was fond of having at his table , as often as pos- sible , some friends or well - informed neighbours , ca- pable of rational conversation ; and he was always ...
... affairs , and he was often chosen arbiter between contending parties . " He was fond of having at his table , as often as pos- sible , some friends or well - informed neighbours , ca- pable of rational conversation ; and he was always ...
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... affairs were brought to a crisis which presented him the wished - for prospect of liberty . The Massachusetts Assembly , which sat at Boston , took offence at some political remarks in the Courant , and issued a war- rant for the ...
... affairs were brought to a crisis which presented him the wished - for prospect of liberty . The Massachusetts Assembly , which sat at Boston , took offence at some political remarks in the Courant , and issued a war- rant for the ...
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... affair confirmed Ralph's resolution to devote himself to poetry , in which , as we shall presently see , he earned himself a place in Pope's Dunciad , although possessed of considerable powers of mind and abilities in another line of ...
... affair confirmed Ralph's resolution to devote himself to poetry , in which , as we shall presently see , he earned himself a place in Pope's Dunciad , although possessed of considerable powers of mind and abilities in another line of ...
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... affairs of this worthy man were in so un- settled a state as to be taken into the hands of his creditors . His friend therefore was once more com- pelled to look into the wide world for an occupation . His brother - in - law Holme ...
... affairs of this worthy man were in so un- settled a state as to be taken into the hands of his creditors . His friend therefore was once more com- pelled to look into the wide world for an occupation . His brother - in - law Holme ...
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