Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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... king out of the mealtub and never putting in , soon comes to the bottom , as Poor Richard says ; and then , When the well is dry , they know the worth of water . But this they might have known before if they had taken his advice . If ...
... king out of the mealtub and never putting in , soon comes to the bottom , as Poor Richard says ; and then , When the well is dry , they know the worth of water . But this they might have known before if they had taken his advice . If ...
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... of great men , and laboured in by the poten- tates of the world , namely , emperors , kings , prin- ces , & c . Mathematical demonstrations are a logic of as much or more use than that commonly learned at schools 3 * ESSAYS . 29.
... of great men , and laboured in by the poten- tates of the world , namely , emperors , kings , prin- ces , & c . Mathematical demonstrations are a logic of as much or more use than that commonly learned at schools 3 * ESSAYS . 29.
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... kings but such as had some knowledge in the mathematics ; imagin- ing those who had not men of imperfect judgments , and unfit to rule and govern . Though Plato's censure , that those who did not understand the 117th proposition of the ...
... kings but such as had some knowledge in the mathematics ; imagin- ing those who had not men of imperfect judgments , and unfit to rule and govern . Though Plato's censure , that those who did not understand the 117th proposition of the ...
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... King John , which , happily , are not to be bought ; for if they were put to sale by auction , I might very easily be led to ruin myself in the purchase , and find that I had once more given too much for the whistle . Adieu , my dear ...
... King John , which , happily , are not to be bought ; for if they were put to sale by auction , I might very easily be led to ruin myself in the purchase , and find that I had once more given too much for the whistle . Adieu , my dear ...
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... king bricks , I employ him in fiddling for me , the corn he eats is gone , and no part of his manufacture remains to augment the wealth and convenience of the family ; I shall , therefore , be the poorer for this fiddling man , unless ...
... king bricks , I employ him in fiddling for me , the corn he eats is gone , and no part of his manufacture remains to augment the wealth and convenience of the family ; I shall , therefore , be the poorer for this fiddling man , unless ...
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