Young Benjamin Franklin, Or, The Right Road Through Life: A Story to Show how Young Benjamin Franklin Learnt the Principles which Raised Him from a Printer's Boy to the First Ambassador of the American Republic ; a Boy's Book on a Boy's Own SubjectDavid Bryce, 1861 - 534 pages |
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... . The genius of true English landscape painting , on the contrary , is " repose ; " and the genius of modern English poetry is " repose , " too , -a kind of Sabbath feeling which turns the heart from the grossnesses xii PREFACE .
... . The genius of true English landscape painting , on the contrary , is " repose ; " and the genius of modern English poetry is " repose , " too , -a kind of Sabbath feeling which turns the heart from the grossnesses xii PREFACE .
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... turn of the door - handle made his little heart flutter like a newly - trapped bird , and every approaching footstep was like the click of a pistol in his ear ; so that the stick almost fell from his hand involuntarily with the fright ...
... turn of the door - handle made his little heart flutter like a newly - trapped bird , and every approaching footstep was like the click of a pistol in his ear ; so that the stick almost fell from his hand involuntarily with the fright ...
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... turning away to hide the smiles begotten by the youthful recollection , and still struggling with the innate kindness of his nature ; " but I've got a duty to perform to my boy , and do it I will , even if it breaks my heart . " 66 Yes ...
... turning away to hide the smiles begotten by the youthful recollection , and still struggling with the innate kindness of his nature ; " but I've got a duty to perform to my boy , and do it I will , even if it breaks my heart . " 66 Yes ...
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... turn out to be the flower of the flock yet - take my word for it . Wasn't our brother Thomas the wildest of all us boys , Josh ? and didn't he come after all to be a barrister , and a great man ? And when Squire Palmer advised him to ...
... turn out to be the flower of the flock yet - take my word for it . Wasn't our brother Thomas the wildest of all us boys , Josh ? and didn't he come after all to be a barrister , and a great man ? And when Squire Palmer advised him to ...
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... turn soon . " Then they wanted to know , Were the rebels in Scotland all quiet when he left ? and had he been over to Banbury , and seen the dye - house , and had John Franklin still got the best of the business there ? 66 Had he set ...
... turn soon . " Then they wanted to know , Were the rebels in Scotland all quiet when he left ? and had he been over to Banbury , and seen the dye - house , and had John Franklin still got the best of the business there ? 66 Had he set ...
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Young Benjamin Franklin; Or the Right Road Through Life: A Story to Show How ... Henry Mayhew No preview available - 2017 |
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