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... obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops and place them more
securely , but you must abide all the consequences of your rashness . And lastly ,
we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad
appearances in ...
... obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops and place them more
securely , but you must abide all the consequences of your rashness . And lastly ,
we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad
appearances in ...
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My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth ,
who are now , alas , no more ! and I must soon follow them ; for , by the common
course of nature , though still in health , I cannot expect to live above seven or ...
My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth ,
who are now , alas , no more ! and I must soon follow them ; for , by the common
course of nature , though still in health , I cannot expect to live above seven or ...
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But since , in all probability , we live in an age too early , and too near the infancy
of science , to see such an art brought in our time to perfection , I must , for the
present , content myself with the treat which you are so kind as to promise me , of
...
But since , in all probability , we live in an age too early , and too near the infancy
of science , to see such an art brought in our time to perfection , I must , for the
present , content myself with the treat which you are so kind as to promise me , of
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I will , however , own for the present , that it may be lawful when necessary ; but
then I contend that it may be used so as to produce the same good effects -- the
public security -- without doing so much intolerable injustice as attends the ...
I will , however , own for the present , that it may be lawful when necessary ; but
then I contend that it may be used so as to produce the same good effects -- the
public security -- without doing so much intolerable injustice as attends the ...
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Be so good as to present my affectionate respects to Dr. Rowley . I am under
great obligations to him , and shall write to him shortly . It will be a pleasure to him
to hear that my malady does not grow sensibly worse , and that is a great point ;
for ...
Be so good as to present my affectionate respects to Dr. Rowley . I am under
great obligations to him , and shall write to him shortly . It will be a pleasure to him
to hear that my malady does not grow sensibly worse , and that is a great point ;
for ...
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| Titel | The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous Works |
| Autor/in | John Stanley (printer.) |
| Verlag | Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Jan. 2016 |
| Länge | 162 Seiten |
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