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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 89
by Alexander Chalmers - 1814
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The Franklin Fourth Reader for the Use of Public and Private Schools

George Stillman Hillard - 1875 - 248 pages
...you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figures I have since made there. 2. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings,...
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The Story of Our Country

Mrs. Lewis B. Monroe - 1876 - 286 pages
...he must have looked when he arrived there. Here is his own account: — " I was in my working-dress, my best clothes being to come by sea. I was covered...my pockets were filled with shirts and stockings. Fatigued with walking, rowing, and having passed the night without sleep, I was extremely hungry, and...
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American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 27

1877 - 972 pages
...This alienation led to his going to Philadelphia, and his first appearance there is thus described :] I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings,...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 27

Henry Barnard - 1877 - 982 pages
...This alienation led to his going to Philadelphia, and his first appearance there is thus described : | &&!s F R G e b1 6 9_ h P C J %6 Q BZ i ] x round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings,...
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings,...
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Monroe's New Fourth Reader

Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1884 - 328 pages
...17. Here is his own account of himself on his arrival in that city: — " I was in my working-dress, my best clothes being to come by sea. I was covered...my pockets were filled with shirts and stockings. Fatigued with walking and rowing, and having passed the night without sleep, I was extremely hungry,...
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Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings,...
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Harper's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 4

Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1888 - 436 pages
...pores supported morsel skeleton digested instruments LESSON XLIX. MY FIRST DAY IN PHILADELPHIA. 1. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings, and...
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Benjamin Franklin: His Life

Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 pages
...that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings,...
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Harper's Fourth Reader: In Two Parts

1888 - 432 pages
...pores supported morsel skeleton digested instruments LESSON XLIX. MY FIRST DAY IN PHILADELPHIA. 1. I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings,...
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