Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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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 . 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 . To prevent ...
... appear a careful as well as an honest man , and that still increases your credit . 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 . To 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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