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...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroe...

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...cation Catherine: A Story by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... perpetually in running away from one an- other; when there was a queen in England, with such rogues for Ministers as have never been seen, no, not in... ...e and taste; since they have been already partly described in the “Newgate Calendar;” since they are (as shall be seen anon) agreeably low, delightful... ... is excellent, yet we intend to take a few more pages from the “Old Bailey Calendar,” to bless the public with one more draught from the Stone Jug:*—y... ...present regiment; how it appeared that, before her marriage, handsome John Churchill had known the young gentleman’s mother, when they were both penni... ... Brock a double-dealer? I tell you what, boys, Jack 16 Catherine: A Story Churchill himself has shaken this hand, and drunk a pot with me: do you thi... ...ltravers, whom we all of us have read about and pitied; or die whitewashed saints, like poor “Biss Dadsy” in “Oliver Twist.” No, my dear madam, you an... ...it: for in those days his religion was not popular. “Baids? Holy Mother of saints! give me back them baids,” said Mr. Macshane, clasping his hands. “T...

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...ion: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the ?New England Courant.? To this journal he became a ...

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...klin with introduction and notes edited by Charles W. Eliot is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ersity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. An An An An Any per y per y per y per y person using this do... ...was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who published the “New England Courant.” To this journal he became a contributor, and later was ... ...e Colonies with Great Britain, and later with France. In 1757 he was sent to England to protest against the influence of the Penns in the govern ment... ... This anecdote I had from my uncle Benjamin. The family continued all of the Church of En * Here follow in the margin the words, in brackets, “here i... ...ontinued all their lives: the rest of the family remained with the Episcopal Church. Josiah, my father, married young, and carried his wife with three... ...illed all the little spaces that occurr’d between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as in culcated industry... ...mon acquaintance jocosely remark’d, that, knowing it to be the custom of the saints, when they received any favour, The Autobiography of Benjamin Fran...