Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 47
... equal to Jefferson's , whatever he wrote had in it " something homely and intimate and confidential , some smell of homespun , some air of the tavern or the print shop . " Franklin could have marshaled the evidence against the king as ...
... equal to Jefferson's , whatever he wrote had in it " something homely and intimate and confidential , some smell of homespun , some air of the tavern or the print shop . " Franklin could have marshaled the evidence against the king as ...
Page 218
... equal temper , too , and warmth , of the air of the room , is thought to be particularly advan- tageous in some distempers . For ' twas observed in the winters of 1730 and 1736 , when the small - pox spread in Pennsylvania , that very ...
... equal temper , too , and warmth , of the air of the room , is thought to be particularly advan- tageous in some distempers . For ' twas observed in the winters of 1730 and 1736 , when the small - pox spread in Pennsylvania , that very ...
Page 254
... equal to the whole in every three Years For the Recruiting Service and Bounty Money of 100,000 Men to be spent in this War ..... For the Pay , Cloathing and Sub- sistence of 25,000 Men ten Years at £ 20 per Man , including also Arms ...
... equal to the whole in every three Years For the Recruiting Service and Bounty Money of 100,000 Men to be spent in this War ..... For the Pay , Cloathing and Sub- sistence of 25,000 Men ten Years at £ 20 per Man , including also Arms ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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