Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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... Suppose we include in the definition of luxury all unnecessary expense , and then let us consider whether laws to prevent such expense are possible to be executed in a great country , and whether , if they could be exe- cuted , our ...
... Suppose we include in the definition of luxury all unnecessary expense , and then let us consider whether laws to prevent such expense are possible to be executed in a great country , and whether , if they could be exe- cuted , our ...
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... suppose one of the most robust of these Hypa- nians , so famed in history , was in a manner coeval with time itself ; that he began to exist at break of day , and that , from the uncommon strength of his constitution , he has been able ...
... suppose one of the most robust of these Hypa- nians , so famed in history , was in a manner coeval with time itself ; that he began to exist at break of day , and that , from the uncommon strength of his constitution , he has been able ...
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... suppose this venerable insect , this Nestor of Hypania , should , a little before his death , and about sunset , send for all his descendants , his friends and his acquaintances , out of the desire he may have to impart his last ...
... suppose this venerable insect , this Nestor of Hypania , should , a little before his death , and about sunset , send for all his descendants , his friends and his acquaintances , out of the desire he may have to impart his last ...
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... Suppose , then , any one had called the prime minister a stupid animal , the em- peror's council might argue that the malice of the libel was the more aggravated by its being true , and , consequently , more likely to excite the family ...
... Suppose , then , any one had called the prime minister a stupid animal , the em- peror's council might argue that the malice of the libel was the more aggravated by its being true , and , consequently , more likely to excite the family ...
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... suppose there is any reader to - day , conversant in the writings of those gentlemen , that can taste with any tolerable relish the comedies of * By divine right . the once admired Shadwell . Vice was obliged to retire 78 WRITINGS OF ...
... suppose there is any reader to - day , conversant in the writings of those gentlemen , that can taste with any tolerable relish the comedies of * By divine right . the once admired Shadwell . Vice was obliged to retire 78 WRITINGS OF ...
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