The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His AutobiographyPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1854 - 502 Seiten |
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... seem that his literary tendencies were developed even earlier than his own account would lead us to suppose : " " Tis time for me to throw aside my pen , When hanging sleeves read , write , and rhyme like men . This forward spring ...
... seem that his literary tendencies were developed even earlier than his own account would lead us to suppose : " " Tis time for me to throw aside my pen , When hanging sleeves read , write , and rhyme like men . This forward spring ...
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... seems at last to have adopted this doctrine . Franklin at first entertained the same idea ; but , upon repeating the experiments , he per- ceived that Mr. Kinnersley was right , and that the vitreous and resinous electricity of Du Faye ...
... seems at last to have adopted this doctrine . Franklin at first entertained the same idea ; but , upon repeating the experiments , he per- ceived that Mr. Kinnersley was right , and that the vitreous and resinous electricity of Du Faye ...
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... seems to have been reciprocated . " He was very urgent with me , " says Franklin , in a letter to his wife , " to stay in England , and prevail with you to remove hither with Sally . He proposed several advantageous schemes to me ...
... seems to have been reciprocated . " He was very urgent with me , " says Franklin , in a letter to his wife , " to stay in England , and prevail with you to remove hither with Sally . He proposed several advantageous schemes to me ...
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... seems to have taken genuine pleasure in finding them out and making himself known . " At Wellingborough , " he says , in a letter to his wife , " on inquiry , we found still living Mary Fisher , whose maiden name was Franklin , daughter ...
... seems to have taken genuine pleasure in finding them out and making himself known . " At Wellingborough , " he says , in a letter to his wife , " on inquiry , we found still living Mary Fisher , whose maiden name was Franklin , daughter ...
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... seems to have been highly gratified . He here formed the acquaintance of David Hume and Dr. Robertson , the historians , Lord Kames and other eminent scholars and writers . In a letter some 34 MEMOIR OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... seems to have been highly gratified . He here formed the acquaintance of David Hume and Dr. Robertson , the historians , Lord Kames and other eminent scholars and writers . In a letter some 34 MEMOIR OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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