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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... Humorous , Moral & Literary , Chiefly in the Manner of THE SPECTATOR . IN TWO VOLUME S. VOL . II . LONDON : Printed for G.G. J. and J. ROBINSON , Pater - nofter Row . 1793 . HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 2.vels 1853 Leht 13 Juf y Flexander WORK ...
... Humorous , Moral & Literary , Chiefly in the Manner of THE SPECTATOR . IN TWO VOLUME S. VOL . II . LONDON : Printed for G.G. J. and J. ROBINSON , Pater - nofter Row . 1793 . HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 2.vels 1853 Leht 13 Juf y Flexander WORK ...
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... printer , though he had already a fon in that pro- feffion . My brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a prefs and types , in order to establish a printing - house at Bofton . This business pleafed me much better than that of ...
... printer , though he had already a fon in that pro- feffion . My brother had returned from England in 1717 , with a prefs and types , in order to establish a printing - house at Bofton . This business pleafed me much better than that of ...
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... an ingenious tradefman , who had a hand- fome collection of books , and who fre- quented our printing - houfe , took notice of me . He invited me to fee his library , and and had the goodness to lend me any books I ༣༠ LIFE OF.
... an ingenious tradefman , who had a hand- fome collection of books , and who fre- quented our printing - houfe , took notice of me . He invited me to fee his library , and and had the goodness to lend me any books I ༣༠ LIFE OF.
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... printed , he dispatched me about the town to fell them . The firft had a prodigious run , because the event was recent , and had made a great noise . My vanity was flattered by this fuc- cefs ; but my father checked my exul- tation , by ...
... printed , he dispatched me about the town to fell them . The firft had a prodigious run , because the event was recent , and had made a great noise . My vanity was flattered by this fuc- cefs ; but my father checked my exul- tation , by ...
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... printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and dispatching my frugal meal , which frequently confifted of a biscuit only , or a flice of bread and a bunch of raisins , or or a bun from the paftrycook's , with a glass 38 LIFE OF.
... printing - house to go to dinner , I remained behind ; and dispatching my frugal meal , which frequently confifted of a biscuit only , or a flice of bread and a bunch of raisins , or or a bun from the paftrycook's , with a glass 38 LIFE OF.
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