Memoirs of the Life & Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ.M. Dent, 1927 - 314 páginas |
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... shilling in copper . The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refus'd it , on account of my rowing ; but I insisted on their taking it . A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money ...
... shilling in copper . The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage , who at first refus'd it , on account of my rowing ; but I insisted on their taking it . A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money ...
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... shillings and sixpence a week - as much as we could then afford . He found some relations , but they were poor , and unable to assist him . He now let me know his intentions of remaining in London , and that he never meant to return to ...
... shillings and sixpence a week - as much as we could then afford . He found some relations , but they were poor , and unable to assist him . He now let me know his intentions of remaining in London , and that he never meant to return to ...
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... shillings to pay out of his wages every Saturday night for that muddling liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . Watts , after some weeks , desiring to have me in the composing ...
... shillings to pay out of his wages every Saturday night for that muddling liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . Watts , after some weeks , desiring to have me in the composing ...
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... shillings a week on their accounts . This , and my being esteem'd a pretty good riggite , that is , a jocular verbal satirist , supported my conse- quence in the society . My constant attendance ( I never making a St. Monday ) ...
... shillings a week on their accounts . This , and my being esteem'd a pretty good riggite , that is , a jocular verbal satirist , supported my conse- quence in the society . My constant attendance ( I never making a St. Monday ) ...
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... shillings a week , which , intent as I now was on saving money , made some difference , she bid me not think of it , for she would abate me two shil- lings a week for the future ; so I remained with her at one shilling and sixpence as ...
... shillings a week , which , intent as I now was on saving money , made some difference , she bid me not think of it , for she would abate me two shil- lings a week for the future ; so I remained with her at one shilling and sixpence as ...
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