The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... taken from his pocket a volume which he requested the youth to dry , This volume was Bunyan's Pilgrim , in Dutch , being a beautiful impression on fine paper , with copperplate engravings , a dress in which Franklin had never seen the ...
... taken from his pocket a volume which he requested the youth to dry , This volume was Bunyan's Pilgrim , in Dutch , being a beautiful impression on fine paper , with copperplate engravings , a dress in which Franklin had never seen the ...
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... taken out of their stomachs ; then , thought I , ' If you eat one another , I don't see why we may not eat you : so I dined upon cod very heartily , and have since continued to eat as other people ; returning only now and then ...
... taken out of their stomachs ; then , thought I , ' If you eat one another , I don't see why we may not eat you : so I dined upon cod very heartily , and have since continued to eat as other people ; returning only now and then ...
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... taken off immediately , the projector and soul of all these patriotic measures being dispatched with some other citizens to New York , to solicit the loan of cannon until their own should come from England . At New York , they at first ...
... taken off immediately , the projector and soul of all these patriotic measures being dispatched with some other citizens to New York , to solicit the loan of cannon until their own should come from England . At New York , they at first ...
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... taken into partnership in the printing line , Mr. David Hall , who removed the onerous care of that business from his shoulders , and consequently he was enabled to apportion his time in other pursuits . Above all he entered with even ...
... taken into partnership in the printing line , Mr. David Hall , who removed the onerous care of that business from his shoulders , and consequently he was enabled to apportion his time in other pursuits . Above all he entered with even ...
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... taken down to quiet the fears of his wife . Franklin's labours in the department of physics , as indeed in every other branch or sphere , were all suggested by views of utility in the beginning , and were without exception applied to ...
... taken down to quiet the fears of his wife . Franklin's labours in the department of physics , as indeed in every other branch or sphere , were all suggested by views of utility in the beginning , and were without exception applied to ...
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