The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinDonnelley & Sons, 1915 - 264 páginas |
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... hundred years , and how much longer he knew not ( perhaps from the time when the name of Franklin , that before was the name of an order of peo- ple , was assumed by them as a surname when others took surnames all over the kingdom ) ...
... hundred years , and how much longer he knew not ( perhaps from the time when the name of Franklin , that before was the name of an order of peo- ple , was assumed by them as a surname when others took surnames all over the kingdom ) ...
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... hundred miles from home , a boy of but seventeen , without the least recom- mendation to or knowledge of any person in the place , and with very little money in my pocket . My inclinations for the sea were by this time worn out , or I ...
... hundred miles from home , a boy of but seventeen , without the least recom- mendation to or knowledge of any person in the place , and with very little money in my pocket . My inclinations for the sea were by this time worn out , or I ...
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... hundred miles farther . I set out , how- ever , in a boat for Amboy , leaving my chest and things to follow me round by sea . In crossing the bay , we met with a squall that tore our rotten sails to pieces , prevented our getting into ...
... hundred miles farther . I set out , how- ever , in a boat for Amboy , leaving my chest and things to follow me round by sea . In crossing the bay , we met with a squall that tore our rotten sails to pieces , prevented our getting into ...
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... hundred pounds sterling . He liked it , but asked me if my being on the spot in England , to choose the types and see that everything was good of the kind , might not be of some advantage . " Then , " says he , " when there , you may ...
... hundred pounds sterling . He liked it , but asked me if my being on the spot in England , to choose the types and see that everything was good of the kind , might not be of some advantage . " Then , " says he , " when there , you may ...
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... acknowledgment , craved his forbearance a little longer , which he allowed me , and as soon as I 11 got his son once five hundred pounds [ marg . note ] . was able , I paid the principal with interest and 94 The Autobiography of.
... acknowledgment , craved his forbearance a little longer , which he allowed me , and as soon as I 11 got his son once five hundred pounds [ marg . note ] . was able , I paid the principal with interest and 94 The Autobiography of.
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