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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... gave me in your letter of the honour fhewn to his memory at Philadelphia , and by Congress ; and yesterday I received a high additional pleasure , by being informed that the National Assembly of France had determined to go in mourning ...
... gave me in your letter of the honour fhewn to his memory at Philadelphia , and by Congress ; and yesterday I received a high additional pleasure , by being informed that the National Assembly of France had determined to go in mourning ...
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... gave me fom notes , from which I have derived many particu- lars refpecting our ancestors . From thefe I learn , that they had lived in the fame village ( Eaton in Northamptonshire ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space ...
... gave me fom notes , from which I have derived many particu- lars refpecting our ancestors . From thefe I learn , that they had lived in the fame village ( Eaton in Northamptonshire ) upon a freehold of about thirty acres , for the space ...
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... gave me I was able to fave half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages refulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen ' left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and ...
... gave me I was able to fave half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages refulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen ' left the printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and ...
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... gave it reputation and increased its fale . These gentlemen came frequently to our houfe . I heard the converfa , tion that paffed , and the accounts they gave of the favourable reception of their writings with the public . I was ...
... gave it reputation and increased its fale . These gentlemen came frequently to our houfe . I heard the converfa , tion that paffed , and the accounts they gave of the favourable reception of their writings with the public . I was ...
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... gave offence to the Affembly . My brother was taken into custody , cenfured , and ordered into confine- ment for a month , because , as I prefume , he would not discover the author . I was alfo taken up , and examined before the council ...
... gave offence to the Affembly . My brother was taken into custody , cenfured , and ordered into confine- ment for a month , because , as I prefume , he would not discover the author . I was alfo taken up , and examined before the council ...
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