The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 pàgines |
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... late Dr. Stuber * of Philadelphia . ] THE promotion of literature had been little attended to in Pennsylvania . Most of the inhab- itants were too much immersed in business to think of scientific pursuits ; and those few , whose ...
... late Dr. Stuber * of Philadelphia . ] THE promotion of literature had been little attended to in Pennsylvania . Most of the inhab- itants were too much immersed in business to think of scientific pursuits ; and those few , whose ...
Pàgina 104
... late- Îy built an elegant house in Fifth Street , in the front of which will be erected a marble statue of their founder , Benjamin Franklin .. This institution was greatly encouraged by the friends of literature in America and in Great ...
... late- Îy built an elegant house in Fifth Street , in the front of which will be erected a marble statue of their founder , Benjamin Franklin .. This institution was greatly encouraged by the friends of literature in America and in Great ...
Pàgina 115
... late asserted , that the honor of completing the experiment with the electrical kite does not belong to Franklin . Some late English paragraphs have attributed it to some Frenchman , whose name they do not mention ; and the Abbe ...
... late asserted , that the honor of completing the experiment with the electrical kite does not belong to Franklin . Some late English paragraphs have attributed it to some Frenchman , whose name they do not mention ; and the Abbe ...
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... late , as upon Dr. Frank- lin's authority , that the Latin and Greek , or the dead languages , are an incumbrance upon a scheme of liberal education , and that the en- grafting or founding a college , or more extensive seminary , upon ...
... late , as upon Dr. Frank- lin's authority , that the Latin and Greek , or the dead languages , are an incumbrance upon a scheme of liberal education , and that the en- grafting or founding a college , or more extensive seminary , upon ...
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... the college . Those assistants were at that time , Mr. Charles Thomson , late secretary of Congress , Mr. Paul Jackson , and Mr. Jacob Duche . see the first proposals I made for erecting this academy 124 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... the college . Those assistants were at that time , Mr. Charles Thomson , late secretary of Congress , Mr. Paul Jackson , and Mr. Jacob Duche . see the first proposals I made for erecting this academy 124 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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