Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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... kind of a man my father was . He had an excellent constitu- tion , was of a middle stature , well set , and very strong . He could draw prettily , and was skilled a little in music . His voice was sonorous and agreeable , so that when ...
... kind of a man my father was . He had an excellent constitu- tion , was of a middle stature , well set , and very strong . He could draw prettily , and was skilled a little in music . His voice was sonorous and agreeable , so that when ...
Page 19
... kind ; so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those mat- ters , as to be quite indifferent what kind of food was set before me . Indeed , I am so unobservant of it , that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours ...
... kind ; so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those mat- ters , as to be quite indifferent what kind of food was set before me . Indeed , I am so unobservant of it , that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours ...
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... for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation . ” — Franklin to S. Mather , 1784 . serve an apprenticeship till I was twenty - one years 22 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation . ” — Franklin to S. Mather , 1784 . serve an apprenticeship till I was twenty - one years 22 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... kind enough to rouse me . This , therefore , was the first house I was in , or slept in , in Philadelphia . I then walked down towards the river , and looking in the faces of every one , I met a young Quaker man , whose countenance ...
... kind enough to rouse me . This , therefore , was the first house I was in , or slept in , in Philadelphia . I then walked down towards the river , and looking in the faces of every one , I met a young Quaker man , whose countenance ...
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... kind of money we had there , I produced a handful of silver , and spread it before them , which was a kind of raree - show they had not been used to , paper being the money of Boston . Then I took an opportunity of letting them see my ...
... kind of money we had there , I produced a handful of silver , and spread it before them , which was a kind of raree - show they had not been used to , paper being the money of Boston . Then I took an opportunity of letting them see my ...
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