Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
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... appears plainly that A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees , as Poor Richard says . Per- haps they have had a small estate left them , which they knew not the getting of ; they think It is day , and will never ...
... appears plainly that A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees , as Poor Richard says . Per- haps they have had a small estate left them , which they knew not the getting of ; they think It is day , and will never ...
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... appear extremely short . Time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter . At present , perhaps , you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances ...
... appear extremely short . Time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter . At present , perhaps , you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances ...
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... appear a careful as well as an honest man , and that still increases your credit . To Beware of thinking all your own that you pos- sess , and of living accordingly . It is a mistake that many people who have credit fall into . prevent ...
... appear a careful as well as an honest man , and that still increases your credit . To Beware of thinking all your own that you pos- sess , and of living accordingly . It is a mistake that many people who have credit fall into . prevent ...
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... to my latest words , when I assure you that yonder sun , which now appears westward , beyond the water , and seems not to be far distant from the earth , in my remembrance stood in the middle of the sky , and shot ESSAYS . 59.
... to my latest words , when I assure you that yonder sun , which now appears westward , beyond the water , and seems not to be far distant from the earth , in my remembrance stood in the middle of the sky , and shot ESSAYS . 59.
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... appear in at present , they will no more deservethe regard of posterity than the butterflies of the last spring . In vain has history been taken up in describing the numerous swarms of this mischievous species which has infested the ...
... appear in at present , they will no more deservethe regard of posterity than the butterflies of the last spring . In vain has history been taken up in describing the numerous swarms of this mischievous species which has infested the ...
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acquainted affairs America appear become body called Catania cause centrifugal force clouds cold conductors continue David Hartley dear friend degree descending earth earthquakes endeavour England equal esteem farther favour fire fluid force Francis Hopkinson FRANKLIN give Glaucon globe gout hand happiness heat Hence honour hope imagine industry kind letter king king's counsel labour land late leave less light live Lord Kames Marquis de Lafayette matter ment mind motion nation nature necessary never New-York obliged observed occasion opinion paper Parliament particles pass Passy perhaps person Philadelphia Philosophical pleasure Poor Richard says present punishment pyrites quantity reason received rising river salt seawater Socrates soon spiracles spout Star Chamber suppose surface things thought tion vapour virtue warm whirl whirlwind wind wish write