Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
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... least connexion with happiness , only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it . Health of body , though so far necessary that we cannot be perfectly happy without it , is not sufficient to make us happy of ...
... least connexion with happiness , only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it . Health of body , though so far necessary that we cannot be perfectly happy without it , is not sufficient to make us happy of ...
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... least , the expenses of the repub- lic , for no doubt you intend to retrench the super- fluous ? " " I never thought of this either , ' said Glaucon . 66 6 You were best , then , to put off to another time your design of enriching the ...
... least , the expenses of the repub- lic , for no doubt you intend to retrench the super- fluous ? " " I never thought of this either , ' said Glaucon . 66 6 You were best , then , to put off to another time your design of enriching the ...
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... least observed how much corn our land produces , how long it will serve to supply our city , and how much more we shall want for the whole year ; to the end you may not be surprised with a scarcity of bread , but may give timely orders ...
... least observed how much corn our land produces , how long it will serve to supply our city , and how much more we shall want for the whole year ; to the end you may not be surprised with a scarcity of bread , but may give timely orders ...
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... least six thousand . 66 Fifty sheep have been sacrificed in a year , with half a hecatomb of black cattle , that I might have the choicest part offered weekly upon my table . Thus a thousand beasts out of the flock and the herd have ...
... least six thousand . 66 Fifty sheep have been sacrificed in a year , with half a hecatomb of black cattle , that I might have the choicest part offered weekly upon my table . Thus a thousand beasts out of the flock and the herd have ...
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... least tendency to useful- ness ? When I meet with persons of such a worthless character as this , it brings to my mind some scraps of Horace : " Nos numerus sumus , et fruges consumere nati , Alcinoique Juventus , Cui pulchrum fuit in ...
... least tendency to useful- ness ? When I meet with persons of such a worthless character as this , it brings to my mind some scraps of Horace : " Nos numerus sumus , et fruges consumere nati , Alcinoique Juventus , Cui pulchrum fuit in ...
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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