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Jonathan Odell : [verses on Franklin's stove]

'Dr Franklyn, the famous Franklyn contrived a Stove in such a Manner as to make the Flame descend instead of rising upward. it was in the Form of an Urn: here are some pretty Verses on the Subject - I [italics] hope [end italics] they are Dr Burney's He Shewed them me once with the true Author's Manner; but Johnson not approving he would not own them'. [the verses on Franklin are given]

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Hester Lynch Thrale      Manuscript: Unknown

Jonathan Odell : [verses on Franklin's stove]

'Dr Franklyn, the famous Franklyn contrived a Stove in such a Manner as to make the Flame descend instead of rising upward. it was in the Form of an Urn: here are some pretty Verses on the Subject - I [italics] hope [end italics] they are Dr Burney's He Shewed them me once with the true Author's Manner; but Johnson not approving he would not own them'. [the verses on Franklin are given]

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Johnson      Manuscript: Unknown

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