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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... father destined me for the church , and al- ready regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which , from my infancy , I had learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquirement , and ...
... father destined me for the church , and al- ready regarded me as the chaplain of the family . The promptitude with which , from my infancy , I had learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquirement , and ...
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... father , bur- thened with a numerous family , found that he was incapable , without subjecting himself to dif- ficulties , of providing for the expence of a col- legiate education , and considering besides , as I heard him say to his ...
... father , bur- thened with a numerous family , found that he was incapable , without subjecting himself to dif- ficulties , of providing for the expence of a col- legiate education , and considering besides , as I heard him say to his ...
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... correction on the part of our parents , and though 1 strenuously defended the utility of the work , my father at length convinced me , that nothing B which was not strictly honest could be useful . It LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 17.
... correction on the part of our parents , and though 1 strenuously defended the utility of the work , my father at length convinced me , that nothing B which was not strictly honest could be useful . It LIFE OF FRANKLIN . 17.
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... father was.- He had an excellent constitution , was of a mid- dle size , but well made and strong , and extreme- ly active in whatever he undertook . He design- ed with a degree of neatness , and knew a little of music . His voice was ...
... father was.- He had an excellent constitution , was of a mid- dle size , but well made and strong , and extreme- ly active in whatever he undertook . He design- ed with a degree of neatness , and knew a little of music . His voice was ...
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... father complain of any other disorder than that of which they died ; -my father at the age of eighty - seven , and my mother at eighty - five.— They are buried together at Boston , where a few years ago I placed a marble over their ...
... father complain of any other disorder than that of which they died ; -my father at the age of eighty - seven , and my mother at eighty - five.— They are buried together at Boston , where a few years ago I placed a marble over their ...
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