Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ.M. Dent, 1913 - 314 páginas |
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... father ; but , being ingenious , and encouraged in learning ( as all my brothers were ) by an Esquire Palmer , then the principal gentleman in that parish , he qualified him- self for the business of scrivener ; became a con- siderable ...
... father ; but , being ingenious , and encouraged in learning ( as all my brothers were ) by an Esquire Palmer , then the principal gentleman in that parish , he qualified him- self for the business of scrivener ; became a con- siderable ...
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... father , married , and set up for himself at Rhode Island , there was all appearance that I was destined to supply his place , and become a tallow - chandler . But my dis- like to the trade continuing , my father was under apprehensions ...
... father , married , and set up for himself at Rhode Island , there was all appearance that I was destined to supply his place , and become a tallow - chandler . But my dis- like to the trade continuing , my father was under apprehensions ...
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... father received the governor's letter with some apparent surprise , but said little of it to me for some days , when Capt . Holmes returning he showed it . to him , ask'd him if he knew Keith , and what kind of man he was ; adding his ...
... father received the governor's letter with some apparent surprise , but said little of it to me for some days , when Capt . Holmes returning he showed it . to him , ask'd him if he knew Keith , and what kind of man he was ; adding his ...
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