Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished European Mechanics; Together with a Collection of Anecdotes, Descriptions, &c. &c., Relating to the Mechanic ArtsHarper & brothers, 1847 - 482 páginas |
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... immediately return thanks for that which himself and others eat , as well as for that which his apprentice did not . " Fitch was kept very hard and steady at work from before sunrise in winter until ten o'clock at night , and as many ...
... immediately return thanks for that which himself and others eat , as well as for that which his apprentice did not . " Fitch was kept very hard and steady at work from before sunrise in winter until ten o'clock at night , and as many ...
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... immediately accepted . He presently found that by adhering to his new system of diet he could still save half what his brother allowed him . " This , " says he , " was an additional fund for buying of books : but I had another advantage ...
... immediately accepted . He presently found that by adhering to his new system of diet he could still save half what his brother allowed him . " This , " says he , " was an additional fund for buying of books : but I had another advantage ...
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... immediately found that he began to be looked upon as a person of some consequence by his brother's literary ac- quaintances . This newspaper soon after afforded him , very unexpectedly , an opportunity of extricating himself from his ...
... immediately found that he began to be looked upon as a person of some consequence by his brother's literary ac- quaintances . This newspaper soon after afforded him , very unexpectedly , an opportunity of extricating himself from his ...
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... immediately to the baker's he directed me to . I asked for bis- cuits , meaning such as we had at Boston ; that sort , it seems , was not made in Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf , and was told they had none . Not ...
... immediately to the baker's he directed me to . I asked for bis- cuits , meaning such as we had at Boston ; that sort , it seems , was not made in Philadelphia . I then asked for a threepenny loaf , and was told they had none . Not ...
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... immediately . That gentleman soon after made his appearance , bearing a packet of despatches from the governor : in this packet Franklin was in- formed his letters were . Accordingly , when they got into the Britsh channel , the captain ...
... immediately . That gentleman soon after made his appearance , bearing a packet of despatches from the governor : in this packet Franklin was in- formed his letters were . Accordingly , when they got into the Britsh channel , the captain ...
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