Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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... least connexion with happiness , only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it . Health of body , though so far necessary that we cannot be perfectly happy without it , is not sufficient to make us happy of ...
... least connexion with happiness , only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it . Health of body , though so far necessary that we cannot be perfectly happy without it , is not sufficient to make us happy of ...
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... least , the expenses of the repub- lic , for no doubt you intend to retrench the super- fluous ? ' " I never thought of this either , ' said Glaucon . " You were best , then , to put off to another time your design of enriching the ...
... least , the expenses of the repub- lic , for no doubt you intend to retrench the super- fluous ? ' " I never thought of this either , ' said Glaucon . " You were best , then , to put off to another time your design of enriching the ...
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... least observed how much corn our land produces , how long it will serve to supply our city , and how much more we shall want for the whole year ; to the end you may not be surprised with a scarcity of bread , but may give timely orders ...
... least observed how much corn our land produces , how long it will serve to supply our city , and how much more we shall want for the whole year ; to the end you may not be surprised with a scarcity of bread , but may give timely orders ...
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... least six thousand . 66 Fifty sheep have been sacrificed in a year , with half a hecatomb of black cattle , that I might have the choicest part offered weekly upon my table . Thus a thousand beasts out of the flock and the herd have ...
... least six thousand . 66 Fifty sheep have been sacrificed in a year , with half a hecatomb of black cattle , that I might have the choicest part offered weekly upon my table . Thus a thousand beasts out of the flock and the herd have ...
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... least tendency to useful- ness ! When I meet with persons of such a worthless character as this , it brings to my mind some scraps of Horace : " Nos numerus sumus , et fruges consumere nati , Alcinoique Juventus , Cui pulchrum fuit in ...
... least tendency to useful- ness ! When I meet with persons of such a worthless character as this , it brings to my mind some scraps of Horace : " Nos numerus sumus , et fruges consumere nati , Alcinoique Juventus , Cui pulchrum fuit in ...
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