The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin;: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself: : Together with Essays Humorous, Moral, and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator, Volume 1 |
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... arrived to years of maturity , and were married . I was the last of the fons , and the youngest child , excepting two daughters . I was born at Bofton in New England . My mother , the second wife , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter ...
... arrived to years of maturity , and were married . I was the last of the fons , and the youngest child , excepting two daughters . I was born at Bofton in New England . My mother , the second wife , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter ...
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... arrival in New - Eng- land , because he found his own , that of a dyer , in too little request to enable him to maintain his family . I was accordingly employed in cut- their private affairs , and he was often chosen ar- : 8 LIFE OF.
... arrival in New - Eng- land , because he found his own , that of a dyer , in too little request to enable him to maintain his family . I was accordingly employed in cut- their private affairs , and he was often chosen ar- : 8 LIFE OF.
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... arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had ferved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and fettled in business on his own account at Rhode - Island , I was destined ...
... arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had ferved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted my father , and being married and fettled in business on his own account at Rhode - Island , I was destined ...
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... arrived in the even- ing at an inn , eight or ten miles from Burlington , that was kept by one Dr. Brown , home . This man entered into converfation with me while I took fome refreshment , and perceiving I had read a little , he ...
... arrived in the even- ing at an inn , eight or ten miles from Burlington , that was kept by one Dr. Brown , home . This man entered into converfation with me while I took fome refreshment , and perceiving I had read a little , he ...
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... arrival , I had the mortification to learn that the ordinary paffage - boats had failed a little before . This was on a Saturday , and there would be no other boat till the Tuesday following . I returned to the houfe of an old woman in ...
... arrival , I had the mortification to learn that the ordinary paffage - boats had failed a little before . This was on a Saturday , and there would be no other boat till the Tuesday following . I returned to the houfe of an old woman in ...
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