The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... original production . Yet the fact is , strangely enough , that the whole of these editions are no other than a translation from the French , which of itself is a professed version of a transcription ; the translation alluded to having ...
... original production . Yet the fact is , strangely enough , that the whole of these editions are no other than a translation from the French , which of itself is a professed version of a transcription ; the translation alluded to having ...
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... original existence is this that , while America has been put in possession of the interesting relic , England has obtained a sum of money which is now appropriated to the relief of one pensioner , called the " Franklin Pensioner , " to ...
... original existence is this that , while America has been put in possession of the interesting relic , England has obtained a sum of money which is now appropriated to the relief of one pensioner , called the " Franklin Pensioner , " to ...
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... original language . Honest John was already a favorite with Franklin , and he remarks , after reciting the anecdote , that he was the first writer he knew of who has mixed narrative and dialogue together a mode of composition , the ...
... original language . Honest John was already a favorite with Franklin , and he remarks , after reciting the anecdote , that he was the first writer he knew of who has mixed narrative and dialogue together a mode of composition , the ...
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... original rules of this institution are worth preserving , as exhibiting the Instrumen- honest struggles of growing intellect among the members . tal as it was in the formation of many public measures , it existed for nearly thirty years ...
... original rules of this institution are worth preserving , as exhibiting the Instrumen- honest struggles of growing intellect among the members . tal as it was in the formation of many public measures , it existed for nearly thirty years ...
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... original habits of fru- gality continuing , and my father having , among his instructions to me when a boy , frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon , - " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling , he shall stand before Kings , he ...
... original habits of fru- gality continuing , and my father having , among his instructions to me when a boy , frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon , - " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling , he shall stand before Kings , he ...
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