Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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... hundred pound weight , to under- take to carry a heavier burden ? ' 666 " I would have done good service to my uncle , ' said Glaucon , if he would have taken my advice . ' “ How , ' replied Socrates , ' have you not hitherto been able ...
... hundred pound weight , to under- take to carry a heavier burden ? ' 666 " I would have done good service to my uncle , ' said Glaucon , if he would have taken my advice . ' “ How , ' replied Socrates , ' have you not hitherto been able ...
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... hundreds of fishes have , in all their varieties , been robbed of life for my repast , and of the smaller fry as many thousands . " A measure of corn would hardly afford me fine flour enough for a month's provision , and this arises to ...
... hundreds of fishes have , in all their varieties , been robbed of life for my repast , and of the smaller fry as many thousands . " A measure of corn would hardly afford me fine flour enough for a month's provision , and this arises to ...
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... hundred years longer . " But Methusalem answered and said , " If I am to live but five hundred years longer , it is not worth while to build me a house ; I will sleep in the air , as I have been used to do . " Physicians , after hav ...
... hundred years longer . " But Methusalem answered and said , " If I am to live but five hundred years longer , it is not worth while to build me a house ; I will sleep in the air , as I have been used to do . " Physicians , after hav ...
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... hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He that kills a breeding - sow , destroys all her off- spring to the thousandth generation . He that mur ...
... hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He that kills a breeding - sow , destroys all her off- spring to the thousandth generation . He that mur ...
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... hundred and twenty minutes of time . How very few of us con- tinue so long ! I have seen generations born , flourish , and expire ! My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth , who are now , alas ...
... hundred and twenty minutes of time . How very few of us con- tinue so long ! I have seen generations born , flourish , and expire ! My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth , who are now , alas ...
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