The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... happy , and soon parted from him , refusing to cohabit with him , or bear his name , it being now said he had another wife . He was a worthless fellow , though an excellent workman , which was the temptation to her friends . He got into ...
... happy , and soon parted from him , refusing to cohabit with him , or bear his name , it being now said he had another wife . He was a worthless fellow , though an excellent workman , which was the temptation to her friends . He got into ...
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... happy He that is acquainted with Cato , as I am , cannot help thinking , as I do now , and will acknowledge he deserves the name , without being honored by it . Cato is a man whom fortune has placed in the most obscure part of the ...
... happy He that is acquainted with Cato , as I am , cannot help thinking , as I do now , and will acknowledge he deserves the name , without being honored by it . Cato is a man whom fortune has placed in the most obscure part of the ...
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... happy return ? " It is not always in one's power , to choose a captain ; though great part of the pleasure and happiness of the passage depends upon this choice , and though one must for a time be confined to his company , and be in ...
... happy return ? " It is not always in one's power , to choose a captain ; though great part of the pleasure and happiness of the passage depends upon this choice , and though one must for a time be confined to his company , and be in ...
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... happy , which always affords the liveliest sensation to a feeling mind . " The most disagreeable thing at sea is the cooking ; for there is not , properly speaking , any professed cook on board . The worst sailor is generally chosen for ...
... happy , which always affords the liveliest sensation to a feeling mind . " The most disagreeable thing at sea is the cooking ; for there is not , properly speaking , any professed cook on board . The worst sailor is generally chosen for ...
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... no more attempts for a nearer acquaintance . " But through the great British statesman's secretaries , Messrs . Potter and Wood , who • cultivated Franklin's society , the illustrious minister was very happy 56 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... no more attempts for a nearer acquaintance . " But through the great British statesman's secretaries , Messrs . Potter and Wood , who • cultivated Franklin's society , the illustrious minister was very happy 56 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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