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... be necessary to add , that due attention has been paid in the selection of such of his productions as may be adapted to general perusal The following letter from the celebra- ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , iv PREFACE .
... be necessary to add , that due attention has been paid in the selection of such of his productions as may be adapted to general perusal The following letter from the celebra- ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , iv PREFACE .
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ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , upon the subject of Dr. Franklin's Memoirs of his own Life , will not , it is presumed , be consid- ered inapplicable . " DEAR SIR , " HACKNEY , JUNE 19 , 1790 .
ted Dr. Price , to a gentleman in Philadelphia , upon the subject of Dr. Franklin's Memoirs of his own Life , will not , it is presumed , be consid- ered inapplicable . " DEAR SIR , " HACKNEY , JUNE 19 , 1790 .
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Philadelphia was a hundred miles further . I hesitated not to embark in a boat , in order to repair , by the shortest cut of the sea , to Amboy , leaving my trunk and effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyauce .
Philadelphia was a hundred miles further . I hesitated not to embark in a boat , in order to repair , by the shortest cut of the sea , to Amboy , leaving my trunk and effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyauce .
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It was going to Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As there was no wind , we could only make way with our oars . About midnight , not per- ceiving the town , some of the company were of opinion that we must have passed it ...
It was going to Philadelphia , and the company took me in . As there was no wind , we could only make way with our oars . About midnight , not per- ceiving the town , some of the company were of opinion that we must have passed it ...
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1 ask- ed for some biscuits , expecting to find such as we had at Boston ; but they made , it seems , none of that sort at Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf . They made no loaves of that price .
1 ask- ed for some biscuits , expecting to find such as we had at Boston ; but they made , it seems , none of that sort at Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf . They made no loaves of that price .
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