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 9
... present retire- ment in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bofom of poverty and obfcurity , in which I drew my first breath and spent my ear- liest years , I have raised myself to ...
... present retire- ment in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bofom of poverty and obfcurity , in which I drew my first breath and spent my ear- liest years , I have raised myself to ...
Page 46
... present , for which I had my board and lodging . In a few days Keimer fent for me to print off his elegy . He had now procured another fet of letter - cales , and had a pamphlet to reprint , upon which he fet me to work . The two ...
... present , for which I had my board and lodging . In a few days Keimer fent for me to print off his elegy . He had now procured another fet of letter - cales , and had a pamphlet to reprint , upon which he fet me to work . The two ...
Page 52
... wanting he would undertake to fupply it . This was all I could obtain from him , except fome trifling presents , in token of friendship from him and my mother . I embarked once more for New - York , furnifhed at this time 52 LIFE OF.
... wanting he would undertake to fupply it . This was all I could obtain from him , except fome trifling presents , in token of friendship from him and my mother . I embarked once more for New - York , furnifhed at this time 52 LIFE OF.
Page 139
... too feverely on the difcipline and government of the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge , and was expunged from the following editions of this work . Re to present his affectionate and to affare you that DR . FRANKLIN . 139.
... too feverely on the difcipline and government of the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge , and was expunged from the following editions of this work . Re to present his affectionate and to affare you that DR . FRANKLIN . 139.
Page 140
... present his affectionate and to affare you that you to him . I fhall only fay , compliments to you ? will be very welcome that you may depend on my doing all in my power to make your vifit to Philadelphia agreeable to you . Mr. Smith ...
... present his affectionate and to affare you that you to him . I fhall only fay , compliments to you ? will be very welcome that you may depend on my doing all in my power to make your vifit to Philadelphia agreeable to you . Mr. Smith ...
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