Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator... |
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... called a franklin , enriched with great poffeffions ; and alfo other freeholders and 46 66 66 many yeomen , able for their livelihoodes to make a jury in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman ...
... called a franklin , enriched with great poffeffions ; and alfo other freeholders and 46 66 66 many yeomen , able for their livelihoodes to make a jury in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman ...
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... excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to affift my father in his occupation , which which was that of foap - boiler and tallow- chandler 18 LIFE OF.
... excellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progress . At ten years of age , I was called home to affift my father in his occupation , which which was that of foap - boiler and tallow- chandler 18 LIFE OF.
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... and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my appren- ticeship difpleafing my father , I was re- called home . From From my earliest years I had been paffionately fond of DR . FRANKLIN . 27.
... and had established himself at Boston . But the premium he required for my appren- ticeship difpleafing my father , I was re- called home . From From my earliest years I had been paffionately fond of DR . FRANKLIN . 27.
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... called the Light - house Tragedy , contained an account of the fhipwreck of captain Worthilake and his two daughters ; the other was a failor's fong on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were wretched ...
... called the Light - house Tragedy , contained an account of the fhipwreck of captain Worthilake and his two daughters ; the other was a failor's fong on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were wretched ...
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... called out to them , and made signs to prevail on them to come and take us up ; but either they did not understand us , or they deemed our request imprac- ticable , and withdrew . Night came on , and nothing remained for us but to wait ...
... called out to them , and made signs to prevail on them to come and take us up ; but either they did not understand us , or they deemed our request imprac- ticable , and withdrew . Night came on , and nothing remained for us but to wait ...
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