The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... constituting the first of ten stately octavo volumes , which contain the whole of the collected works of this distinguished philosopher and statesman . As might have been expected , from the peculiar advantages enjoyed iv PREFACE .
... constituting the first of ten stately octavo volumes , which contain the whole of the collected works of this distinguished philosopher and statesman . As might have been expected , from the peculiar advantages enjoyed iv PREFACE .
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... philosopher , or a distinguished politician , Benjamin Franklin's career presents points of very remarkable interest , and importance ; and hap pily we possess ample details for gratifying our curiosity concerning him , some of the most ...
... philosopher , or a distinguished politician , Benjamin Franklin's career presents points of very remarkable interest , and importance ; and hap pily we possess ample details for gratifying our curiosity concerning him , some of the most ...
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... philosopher was at the period described , only seventeen years of age . ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA . FRANKLIN'S own description of his first entrance into Philadelphia , where he afterwards was in so high a situation , is too curious to be ...
... philosopher was at the period described , only seventeen years of age . ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA . FRANKLIN'S own description of his first entrance into Philadelphia , where he afterwards was in so high a situation , is too curious to be ...
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... philosopher ob- tained employment at one Palmer's , a considerable printer in Bartholo- mew Close . His friend Ralph , whose dependence was upon his head , did not so readily get work , and was a heavy drain upon Franklin's earnings ...
... philosopher ob- tained employment at one Palmer's , a considerable printer in Bartholo- mew Close . His friend Ralph , whose dependence was upon his head , did not so readily get work , and was a heavy drain upon Franklin's earnings ...
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... philosopher , frequently used a kite , when a boy , as a sort of sail for the human body . Swimming he calls a kind of rowing with the arms and legs ; and the addition of a sail , as he terms it , was suggested by his approaching a pond ...
... philosopher , frequently used a kite , when a boy , as a sort of sail for the human body . Swimming he calls a kind of rowing with the arms and legs ; and the addition of a sail , as he terms it , was suggested by his approaching a pond ...
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