The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 3Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason, 1836 |
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... enemies , they provide for its defence , & c . This kind of after - wisdom is indeed so common with us , as to occasion the vulgar , though very significant saying , When the steed is stolen , you shut the stable door . But the more ...
... enemies , they provide for its defence , & c . This kind of after - wisdom is indeed so common with us , as to occasion the vulgar , though very significant saying , When the steed is stolen , you shut the stable door . But the more ...
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... enemy ; and others , that were attacked , have gener- ally defended themselves with success . The length and difficulty of our bay and river have been thought so effectual a security to us , that hitherto no means have been entered into ...
... enemy ; and others , that were attacked , have gener- ally defended themselves with success . The length and difficulty of our bay and river have been thought so effectual a security to us , that hitherto no means have been entered into ...
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... enemy as good encouragement ? It is well known , that we have numbers of the same religion with those , who of late encouraged the French to invade our mother country . ] And they came , ( v . 7 , ) to Laish , and saw the people that ...
... enemy as good encouragement ? It is well known , that we have numbers of the same religion with those , who of late encouraged the French to invade our mother country . ] And they came , ( v . 7 , ) to Laish , and saw the people that ...
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... enemy will never come near our habitations ; let those concerned take care of themselves . " And others who live in the coun- try , when they are told of the danger the city is in from attempts by sea , may say , " What is that to us ...
... enemy will never come near our habitations ; let those concerned take care of themselves . " And others who live in the coun- try , when they are told of the danger the city is in from attempts by sea , may say , " What is that to us ...
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... enemies , in two different cruises this last summer in our bay , must give them the great- est encouragement to repeat more frequently their visits , the profit being almost certain , and the risk next to nothing . Will not the first ...
... enemies , in two different cruises this last summer in our bay , must give them the great- est encouragement to repeat more frequently their visits , the profit being almost certain , and the risk next to nothing . Will not the first ...
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