The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... considered as invalid , the husband being said to have had another wife at the time ; yet there was no actual proof of the fact , neither were there of the reports of his death . Over these , and other difficulties , however , they ...
... considered as invalid , the husband being said to have had another wife at the time ; yet there was no actual proof of the fact , neither were there of the reports of his death . Over these , and other difficulties , however , they ...
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... considered it would be best , while aiming at the whole , to devote a week's particular attention to each of the virtues in succession and determined faithfully to mark in a book , with a black spot , each day's transgression of that ...
... considered it would be best , while aiming at the whole , to devote a week's particular attention to each of the virtues in succession and determined faithfully to mark in a book , with a black spot , each day's transgression of that ...
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... considered to have been a matter of some " justice " to his brother , in recompense for the disadvantage James sustained from his leaving his service , so abruptly as already narrated . In 1736 , our philosopher was unanimously chosen ...
... considered to have been a matter of some " justice " to his brother , in recompense for the disadvantage James sustained from his leaving his service , so abruptly as already narrated . In 1736 , our philosopher was unanimously chosen ...
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... considered competent for a principal , declining to act , the undertaking was suspended for a short period . But in the ensuing year , another project of his , the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia , an institution congenial with ...
... considered competent for a principal , declining to act , the undertaking was suspended for a short period . But in the ensuing year , another project of his , the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia , an institution congenial with ...
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... considered as the best fresh provisions that one can have at sea ; mutton there being generally very good , and pork excellent . " It may happen that some of the provisions and stores which I have mentioned may become almost useless by ...
... considered as the best fresh provisions that one can have at sea ; mutton there being generally very good , and pork excellent . " It may happen that some of the provisions and stores which I have mentioned may become almost useless by ...
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