Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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... Nature of Seacoal Causes of Earthquakes 211 212 To David Rittenhouse . - New and Curious Theory of Light 224 and Heat • Of Lightning ; and the Methods now used in America for the securing Buildings and Persons from its mischievous ...
... Nature of Seacoal Causes of Earthquakes 211 212 To David Rittenhouse . - New and Curious Theory of Light 224 and Heat • Of Lightning ; and the Methods now used in America for the securing Buildings and Persons from its mischievous ...
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... nature and tendency ; passion only regards them in the former light . When this governs us , we are re- gardless of the future , and are only affected with the present . It is impossible ever to enjoy our- selves rightly , if our ...
... nature and tendency ; passion only regards them in the former light . When this governs us , we are re- gardless of the future , and are only affected with the present . It is impossible ever to enjoy our- selves rightly , if our ...
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... nature . There is also added , at the end , part of another dialogue the same Socrates had with one Charmidas , a wor- thy man , but too modest , wherein he endeavours to persuade him to put himself forward and undertake public business ...
... nature . There is also added , at the end , part of another dialogue the same Socrates had with one Charmidas , a wor- thy man , but too modest , wherein he endeavours to persuade him to put himself forward and undertake public business ...
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... nature much in- clined to licentiousness . One evening , as he was musing alone , his thoughts happened to take a most unusual turn , for they cast a glance backward , and began to reflect on his man- ner of life . He bethought himself ...
... nature much in- clined to licentiousness . One evening , as he was musing alone , his thoughts happened to take a most unusual turn , for they cast a glance backward , and began to reflect on his man- ner of life . He bethought himself ...
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... nature to reason and understand the sciences , the less acute , by studying this , though useless to them in every other respect , will gain this advantage , that their minds will be improved in reasoning aright ; for no study employs ...
... nature to reason and understand the sciences , the less acute , by studying this , though useless to them in every other respect , will gain this advantage , that their minds will be improved in reasoning aright ; for no study employs ...
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