Works of the Late Dr. 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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Thomas had learned the trade of a blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal ...
Thomas had learned the trade of a blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal ...
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... one of the first colonists of New England , of whom Cotton Mather makes honourable mention , in his Ecclesiastical History of that province , as " a pus " and learned Englishman , " if I rightly recollect his ex- pressions .
... one of the first colonists of New England , of whom Cotton Mather makes honourable mention , in his Ecclesiastical History of that province , as " a pus " and learned Englishman , " if I rightly recollect his ex- pressions .
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My father des- tined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquire- ment ...
My father des- tined me for the church , and already regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which from my infancy I had learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquire- ment ...
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My father at length decided that I should be a cut- ler , and I was placed for some days upon trial with my cousin Samuel , son of my uncle Benjamin , who had learned this trade in London , and had established himself at Boston ...
My father at length decided that I should be a cut- ler , and I was placed for some days upon trial with my cousin Samuel , son of my uncle Benjamin , who had learned this trade in London , and had established himself at Boston ...
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I have since learned that it has been translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and next to the Bible , I am persuaded , it is one of the books which has had the greatest spread . Honest John is the first , that I know of ...
I have since learned that it has been translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and next to the Bible , I am persuaded , it is one of the books which has had the greatest spread . Honest John is the first , that I know of ...
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