The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... turned back again , under the same double disguise , into its native language . Even the " People's Edition " published in 1848 , which pro- mised unusual fidelity , while professing to give the autobio- THE opposite page presents a ...
... turned back again , under the same double disguise , into its native language . Even the " People's Edition " published in 1848 , which pro- mised unusual fidelity , while professing to give the autobio- THE opposite page presents a ...
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... turned over the leaves under the tapes . One of the children stood at the door to give notice if he saw the apparitor coming , who was an officer of the spiritual court . In that case the stool was turned down again upon its feet , when ...
... turned over the leaves under the tapes . One of the children stood at the door to give notice if he saw the apparitor coming , who was an officer of the spiritual court . In that case the stool was turned down again upon its feet , when ...
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... turning the prospectus of Keimer's publication into ridicule . This series of articles afford a specimen of the style of Franklin in early life . The following is from No III . " VIRTUE alone is sufficient to make a man great LIFE OF ...
... turning the prospectus of Keimer's publication into ridicule . This series of articles afford a specimen of the style of Franklin in early life . The following is from No III . " VIRTUE alone is sufficient to make a man great LIFE OF ...
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... turned , while the smith pressed the broad face of the axe hard and heavily on the stone , which made the turning of it very fatiguing . The man came every now and then from the wheel to see how the work went on ; and at length would ...
... turned , while the smith pressed the broad face of the axe hard and heavily on the stone , which made the turning of it very fatiguing . The man came every now and then from the wheel to see how the work went on ; and at length would ...
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... turned and well placed , that , without being inter- ested in the subject , one could not help being pleased with the discourse ; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music . " " He used ...
... turned and well placed , that , without being inter- ested in the subject , one could not help being pleased with the discourse ; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music . " " He used ...
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