The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... mean men . " PROVERBS OF SOLOMON . 66 Eripuit cœlo fulmen , sceptrumque tyrannis . " M. TURGOT . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY SIMPKIN , MARSHALL AND CO . , STATIONERS ' HALL COURT ; OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH . 1849 . K LONDON : PRINTED BY J ...
... mean men . " PROVERBS OF SOLOMON . 66 Eripuit cœlo fulmen , sceptrumque tyrannis . " M. TURGOT . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY SIMPKIN , MARSHALL AND CO . , STATIONERS ' HALL COURT ; OLIVER AND BOYD , EDINBURGH . 1849 . K LONDON : PRINTED BY J ...
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... means of securing his morals , as well as raising his fortune . He has left a curious and instructive account of his endea- vours , at the second printing office in which he was employed while in London ( Watt's near Lincoln's - inn ...
... means of securing his morals , as well as raising his fortune . He has left a curious and instructive account of his endea- vours , at the second printing office in which he was employed while in London ( Watt's near Lincoln's - inn ...
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... means of a partnership with one Meredith , a fellow workman , whose father was capable of advancing them some pecuniary assistance to start with . They took a house in Philadelphia ; and the autobiographer has recorded the extraordi ...
... means of a partnership with one Meredith , a fellow workman , whose father was capable of advancing them some pecuniary assistance to start with . They took a house in Philadelphia ; and the autobiographer has recorded the extraordi ...
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... means of producing work which gave general satisfaction and materially assisted his employer . Franklin admits that he was about this time a perfect deist , and that his arguments had perverted several other young persons . Some volumes ...
... means of producing work which gave general satisfaction and materially assisted his employer . Franklin admits that he was about this time a perfect deist , and that his arguments had perverted several other young persons . Some volumes ...
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... means , which he is never afraid or ashamed to do , because he knows he always means well ; and therefore is never obliged to blush , and feel the confusion of finding himself detected in the meanness of a falsehood . He never contrives ...
... means , which he is never afraid or ashamed to do , because he knows he always means well ; and therefore is never obliged to blush , and feel the confusion of finding himself detected in the meanness of a falsehood . He never contrives ...
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