Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
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... tion of merchants ' goods . The hour of the sale not being come , they were conversing on the bad- ness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain , clean old man , with white locks , Pray , Father Abraham , what think you ...
... tion of merchants ' goods . The hour of the sale not being come , they were conversing on the bad- ness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain , clean old man , with white locks , Pray , Father Abraham , what think you ...
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... tion of mind , abstract from virtue , we shall soon see the disconnexion between that and true , solid happiness . It is of the very essence , for instance , of envy to be uneasy and disquieted . Pride meets with provocations and ...
... tion of mind , abstract from virtue , we shall soon see the disconnexion between that and true , solid happiness . It is of the very essence , for instance , of envy to be uneasy and disquieted . Pride meets with provocations and ...
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... tion of this man ; but , on an occasion quite contra- ry , he in the following manner exhorted Charmidas to take an employment . " He was a man of sense , and more deserving than most others in the same post ; but , as he was of a ...
... tion of this man ; but , on an occasion quite contra- ry , he in the following manner exhorted Charmidas to take an employment . " He was a man of sense , and more deserving than most others in the same post ; but , as he was of a ...
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... tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that habit , till at length the temptation has no force or entirely vanishes ; does it follow from thence that , in our ...
... tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that habit , till at length the temptation has no force or entirely vanishes ; does it follow from thence that , in our ...
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... tion of time , the motions , magnitudes , and distances of the heavenly bodies , their situations , positions , risings , settings , aspects , and eclipses ; also the measure of seasons , of years , and of ages . It is by the assistance ...
... tion of time , the motions , magnitudes , and distances of the heavenly bodies , their situations , positions , risings , settings , aspects , and eclipses ; also the measure of seasons , of years , and of ages . It is by the assistance ...
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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