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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How long they had resided there prior to that period , my uncle had been unable to dis- cover ; probably ever since the institution of surnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a ...
How long they had resided there prior to that period , my uncle had been unable to dis- cover ; probably ever since the institution of surnames , when they took the appellation of Franklin , which had formerly been the name of a ...
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He was a man of piety , and a constant attendant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a pleasure in writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised . Many volumes were thus collected by him .
He was a man of piety , and a constant attendant on the best preachers , whose sermons he took a pleasure in writing down according to the expeditory method he had devised . Many volumes were thus collected by him .
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providing for the expense of a collegiate education ; and considering besides , as I heard him say to his friends , that persons so educated were often poorly provided for , he renounced his first intentions , took me from the grammar ...
providing for the expense of a collegiate education ; and considering besides , as I heard him say to his friends , that persons so educated were often poorly provided for , he renounced his first intentions , took me from the grammar ...
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He therefore took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , braziers , joiners , and other mechanics , em- ployed at their work ; in order to discover the bent of my inclination , and fix it if he could upon some occu- pation that might ...
He therefore took me sometimes to see masons , coopers , braziers , joiners , and other mechanics , em- ployed at their work ; in order to discover the bent of my inclination , and fix it if he could upon some occu- pation that might ...
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I then took a strange fancy for poetry , and com- posed several little pieces . My brother , thinking he might find his account in it , encouraged me and en- gaged me to write two ballads . One , called the Light- house Tragedy ...
I then took a strange fancy for poetry , and com- posed several little pieces . My brother , thinking he might find his account in it , encouraged me and en- gaged me to write two ballads . One , called the Light- house Tragedy ...
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