From Printing Office to the Court of St. James: The Boyhood and Manhood of Benjamin FranklinHodder and Stoughton, 1890 - 380 strani |
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... person who is fascinated by mere pleasure , and supposes that wealth and honour are real apples of gold to the possessor , thinking less of a good character than he does of show and glitter , will find that he has been blowing a costly ...
... person who is fascinated by mere pleasure , and supposes that wealth and honour are real apples of gold to the possessor , thinking less of a good character than he does of show and glitter , will find that he has been blowing a costly ...
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... persons about their affairs , when any difficulty occurred , and frequently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties . " Of his mother he wrote , at the same time : — " My mother had likewise an excellent constitution ; she ...
... persons about their affairs , when any difficulty occurred , and frequently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties . " Of his mother he wrote , at the same time : — " My mother had likewise an excellent constitution ; she ...
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... person fit the occupation , the more congenial and successful is the career . To follow the " natural bent , " whenever it is possible , appears to be eminently wise . For square men should be put into square holes and round men into ...
... person fit the occupation , the more congenial and successful is the career . To follow the " natural bent , " whenever it is possible , appears to be eminently wise . For square men should be put into square holes and round men into ...
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... persons had been in the business in Boston before James Franklin com- The demand for printing must menced , in the year 1717 . have been very small indeed . The first printing press in the United States was set up in Cambridge in 1639 ...
... persons had been in the business in Boston before James Franklin com- The demand for printing must menced , in the year 1717 . have been very small indeed . The first printing press in the United States was set up in Cambridge in 1639 ...
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... person is worthy in other respects . 66 A ripe scholar was the neighbour of Dr. Adam Clarke , the commentator , when the latter had become quite re- nowned . On the same evening both saw a copy of the Greek Testament by Erasmus ...
... person is worthy in other respects . 66 A ripe scholar was the neighbour of Dr. Adam Clarke , the commentator , when the latter had become quite re- nowned . On the same evening both saw a copy of the Greek Testament by Erasmus ...
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acquaintance added Benjamin answered Benjamin appearance apprentice became Benjamin Franklin Benjamin read better Boston Bradford brother called Captain Homes Coleman continued Benjamin Cotton Mather Courant Deborah Read Denham Doctor doubt drink England England Courant enterprise exclaimed expected father favour give glad Governor Keith hand heart honour hundred improve Increase Mather inquired interest James James Franklin jamin John Collins Josiah Franklin Keimer knew lived matter Meredith mother never opinion Osborne paper Perhaps Philadelphia Pilgrim's Progress poet poetry printer printer-boy printing house printing office Quaker Ralph religion replied Benjamin responded Benjamin sail Silence Dogood sloop Socratic method soon spoke suggested suppose surprised swimming talents thing thought took town trade Uncle Benjamin Watts whistle write wrote York young youth