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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Page 16
... continued in the Epifcopal Church . My father , Jofias , married early in life . He went , with his wife and three children , to New England , about the year 1682. Conventicles being at that time prohibited by law , and fre- quently ...
... continued in the Epifcopal Church . My father , Jofias , married early in life . He went , with his wife and three children , to New England , about the year 1682. Conventicles being at that time prohibited by law , and fre- quently ...
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... continued employed in my father's trade for the space of two years ; that is to fay , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had ferved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted my father , and ...
... continued employed in my father's trade for the space of two years ; that is to fay , till I arrived at twelve years of age . About this time my brother John , who had ferved his apprenticeship in London , having quitted my father , and ...
Page 28
... continued to make verfes . The continual need of words of the fame meaning , but of different lengths for the measure , or of different sounds for the rhyme , would have obliged me to feek for a variety of fynonymes , and have rendered ...
... continued to make verfes . The continual need of words of the fame meaning , but of different lengths for the measure , or of different sounds for the rhyme , would have obliged me to feek for a variety of fynonymes , and have rendered ...
Page 40
... continued my journey on foot , I had fifty miles to walk , in order to reach Burlington , where I was told I fhould find paffage - boats that would convey me to Philadel- phia . It rained hard the whole day , fo that Į was wet to the ...
... continued my journey on foot , I had fifty miles to walk , in order to reach Burlington , where I was told I fhould find paffage - boats that would convey me to Philadel- phia . It rained hard the whole day , fo that Į was wet to the ...
Page 44
... continued till the affembly difperfed , when one of the con- gregation had the goodness to wake me . This was confequently the firft houfe I entered , or in which I flept at Philadelphia . you He conducted me There I began again to walk ...
... continued till the affembly difperfed , when one of the con- gregation had the goodness to wake me . This was confequently the firft houfe I entered , or in which I flept at Philadelphia . you He conducted me There I began again to walk ...
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