Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
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... Suppose we include in the definition of luxury all unnecessary expense , and then let us consider whether laws to prevent such expense are possible to be executed in a great country , and whether , if they could be exe- cuted , our ...
... Suppose we include in the definition of luxury all unnecessary expense , and then let us consider whether laws to prevent such expense are possible to be executed in a great country , and whether , if they could be exe- cuted , our ...
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... suppose one of the most robust of these Hypa- nians , so famed in history , was in a manner coeval with time itself ; that he began to exist at break of day , and that , from the uncommon strength of his constitution , he has been able ...
... suppose one of the most robust of these Hypa- nians , so famed in history , was in a manner coeval with time itself ; that he began to exist at break of day , and that , from the uncommon strength of his constitution , he has been able ...
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... suppose this venerable insect , this Nestor of Hypania , should , a little before his death , and about sunset , send for all his descendants , his friends and his acquaintances , out of the desire he may have to impart his last ...
... suppose this venerable insect , this Nestor of Hypania , should , a little before his death , and about sunset , send for all his descendants , his friends and his acquaintances , out of the desire he may have to impart his last ...
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... Suppose , then , any one had called the prime minister a stupid animal , the em- peror's council might argue that the malice of the libel was the more aggravated by its being true , and , consequently , more likely to excite the family ...
... Suppose , then , any one had called the prime minister a stupid animal , the em- peror's council might argue that the malice of the libel was the more aggravated by its being true , and , consequently , more likely to excite the family ...
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... suppose there is any reader to - day , conversant in the writings of those gentlemen , that can taste with any tolerable relish the comedies of * By divine right . the once admired Shadwell . Vice was obliged to retire 78 WRITINGS OF ...
... suppose there is any reader to - day , conversant in the writings of those gentlemen , that can taste with any tolerable relish the comedies of * By divine right . the once admired Shadwell . Vice was obliged to retire 78 WRITINGS OF ...
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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