Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 2C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1850 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... FATHERS , In reply to a toast from the President of the day , ( Hon . C. H. Warren , ) at a public dinner at Plymouth , Massachu- setts , on the 22d of December , 1845 . XLIV . UNIVERSITY EDUCATION , An Address delivered on occasion of ...
... FATHERS , In reply to a toast from the President of the day , ( Hon . C. H. Warren , ) at a public dinner at Plymouth , Massachu- setts , on the 22d of December , 1845 . XLIV . UNIVERSITY EDUCATION , An Address delivered on occasion of ...
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... father of Franklin and one of his uncles adhered to their silenced pastors , and continued non - conformists to the end of their lives the rest of the family remained of the Church of England . These circumstances are worth recording ...
... father of Franklin and one of his uncles adhered to their silenced pastors , and continued non - conformists to the end of their lives the rest of the family remained of the Church of England . These circumstances are worth recording ...
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... father's inten- tion , in placing him at this school , to devote Benjamin , as the tithe of his sons , to the church . His early readiness in learning to read , ( " which , " says he , " must have been very early , for I do not remember ...
... father's inten- tion , in placing him at this school , to devote Benjamin , as the tithe of his sons , to the church . His early readiness in learning to read , ( " which , " says he , " must have been very early , for I do not remember ...
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... father in his business , which was that of a tallow - chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but which he had taken up on his arrival in New England , because he had found that his trade as a dyer was in ...
... father in his business , which was that of a tallow - chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but which he had taken up on his arrival in New England , because he had found that his trade as a dyer was in ...
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... fathers ; and though I demonstrated the utility of the work , mine con- vinced me that that which was not honest ... father at length convinced me , that nothing which was not strictly honest could be useful . " 12 THE BOYHOOD AND YOUTH ...
... fathers ; and though I demonstrated the utility of the work , mine con- vinced me that that which was not honest ... father at length convinced me , that nothing which was not strictly honest could be useful . " 12 THE BOYHOOD AND YOUTH ...
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