Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...T. S. Manning., 1817 - 519 pages |
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... continue well , thanks be to God . We have been hindered with bad weather , yet our fort is in a good defensible condition , and we have every day , more con- venient living . Two more are to be built , one on each side of this , at ...
... continue well , thanks be to God . We have been hindered with bad weather , yet our fort is in a good defensible condition , and we have every day , more con- venient living . Two more are to be built , one on each side of this , at ...
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... continue ? whether , on payment of that , all prior demands , I had against him , for the arrears of our first agreement , were likewise cancelled , and finally insisted that I would name a certain sum , that I would take for the ...
... continue ? whether , on payment of that , all prior demands , I had against him , for the arrears of our first agreement , were likewise cancelled , and finally insisted that I would name a certain sum , that I would take for the ...
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... continue his care , which I doubt not he will do . We expect to sail in about a week , so that I can hardly hear from you again on this side the water ; but let me have a line from you now and then , while I am in London — I ex- pect to ...
... continue his care , which I doubt not he will do . We expect to sail in about a week , so that I can hardly hear from you again on this side the water ; but let me have a line from you now and then , while I am in London — I ex- pect to ...
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... continue well , but have not yet quite recovered my strength , flesh , or spirits . I every day drink a glass of infu- sion of bark in wine , by way of prevention , and hope my fever will no more return ; on fair days , which are but ...
... continue well , but have not yet quite recovered my strength , flesh , or spirits . I every day drink a glass of infu- sion of bark in wine , by way of prevention , and hope my fever will no more return ; on fair days , which are but ...
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... , and will never be forgotten so long as the lightning's flash and thunder's roar continue to remind mankind who it was that explained to them the na- ture , and taught them how to guard against the MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS . 31.
... , and will never be forgotten so long as the lightning's flash and thunder's roar continue to remind mankind who it was that explained to them the na- ture , and taught them how to guard against the MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS . 31.
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