Essays and LettersJohn Sharpe, 1820 - 340 Seiten |
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... let him give public notice where any dull stupid rogues may get a quart of four - penny for being laughed at ; but it is barbarously unhandsome , when friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
... let him give public notice where any dull stupid rogues may get a quart of four - penny for being laughed at ; but it is barbarously unhandsome , when friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
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Benjamin Franklin. friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a proper relaxation from business , that one should be the butt of the company , and four men made merry at the cost of the fifth . How different from this character ...
Benjamin Franklin. friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a proper relaxation from business , that one should be the butt of the company , and four men made merry at the cost of the fifth . How different from this character ...
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... . By merit is understood desert ; and when we say a man merits , we mean that he deserves praise or reward . We do not pretend to merit any thing of God , for he is above our services ; and the benefits he 56 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... . By merit is understood desert ; and when we say a man merits , we mean that he deserves praise or reward . We do not pretend to merit any thing of God , for he is above our services ; and the benefits he 56 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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Benjamin Franklin. he is above our services ; and the benefits he con- fers on us are the effects of his goodness and -bounty . All our merit then is with regard to one another , and from one to another . Taking then the ... benefits he ...
Benjamin Franklin. he is above our services ; and the benefits he con- fers on us are the effects of his goodness and -bounty . All our merit then is with regard to one another , and from one to another . Taking then the ... benefits he ...
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... benefit of this discovery , thus freely communicated and bestowed by me on the public , I demand neither place , pension , exclusive privilege , nor any other reward whatever . I expect only to have the honour of it . And yet I know ...
... benefit of this discovery , thus freely communicated and bestowed by me on the public , I demand neither place , pension , exclusive privilege , nor any other reward whatever . I expect only to have the honour of it . And yet I know ...
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