AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN1901 |
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... called Franklin " the first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters " in the new world ; on the very eve of that struggle, Samuel Johnson, in his astonishing pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny, described him as " a mus- ter of ...
... called Franklin " the first philosopher and indeed the first great man of letters " in the new world ; on the very eve of that struggle, Samuel Johnson, in his astonishing pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny, described him as " a mus- ter of ...
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... called "the mother of all the North American subscription libraries " ; he was largely instrumental in founding the Academy and Charitable School of the Province of Pennsylvania, which subsequently became the Philadelphia College, and ...
... called "the mother of all the North American subscription libraries " ; he was largely instrumental in founding the Academy and Charitable School of the Province of Pennsylvania, which subsequently became the Philadelphia College, and ...
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... called " An Essay on Projects," and another of Dr. Mather's, called " An Essay to Do Good," which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influenc0 on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at ...
... called " An Essay on Projects," and another of Dr. Mather's, called " An Essay to Do Good," which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influenc0 on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at ...
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... called " The Light- House Tragedy," and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of the famous Teach, or " Black- beard," the pirate. They were ...
... called " The Light- House Tragedy," and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of the famous Teach, or " Black- beard," the pirate. They were ...
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... called the New England Courant. The only one before it was the Boston News-Letter. I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking as not likely to succeed, one newspaper being in their judgment enough for ...
... called the New England Courant. The only one before it was the Boston News-Letter. I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking as not likely to succeed, one newspaper being in their judgment enough for ...
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