The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinDonnelley & Sons, 1915 - 264 páginas |
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... poor inn , where I stayed all night , beginning now to wish that I had never left home . I cut so miserable a figure , too , that I found , by the questions asked me , I was suspected to be some runaway servant , and in danger of being ...
... poor inn , where I stayed all night , beginning now to wish that I had never left home . I cut so miserable a figure , too , that I found , by the questions asked me , I was suspected to be some runaway servant , and in danger of being ...
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... poor boy like me , was very pleasing . We proceeded to Philadelphia . I received on the way Vernon's money , without which we could hardly have finished our journey . Collins wished to be employed in some count- ing - house ; but ...
... poor boy like me , was very pleasing . We proceeded to Philadelphia . I received on the way Vernon's money , without which we could hardly have finished our journey . Collins wished to be employed in some count- ing - house ; but ...
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... poor Keimer suffered griev- ously , tired of the project , longed for the flesh - pots of Egypt , and ordered a roast pig . He invited me and two women friends to dine with him ; but , it being brought too soon upon table , he could not ...
... poor Keimer suffered griev- ously , tired of the project , longed for the flesh - pots of Egypt , and ordered a roast pig . He invited me and two women friends to dine with him ; but , it being brought too soon upon table , he could not ...
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... poor ignorant boy ! It was a habit he had acquired . He wished to please everybody , and , having little to give , he gave expectations . He was otherwise an ingenious , sensible man , a pretty good writer , and a good governor for the ...
... poor ignorant boy ! It was a habit he had acquired . He wished to please everybody , and , having little to give , he gave expectations . He was otherwise an ingenious , sensible man , a pretty good writer , and a good governor for the ...
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Benjamin Franklin. tions , 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 Philadelphia . He had brought no money with him , the whole he could ...
Benjamin Franklin. tions , 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 Philadelphia . He had brought no money with him , the whole he could ...
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