The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 2Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... true happiness , as all that is truly beautiful , can only result from order . Whilst there is a conflict betwixt the two principles of passion and reason , we must be miserable in pro- portion to the struggle ; and when the victory is ...
... true happiness , as all that is truly beautiful , can only result from order . Whilst there is a conflict betwixt the two principles of passion and reason , we must be miserable in pro- portion to the struggle ; and when the victory is ...
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... true ; and that it was impossible to load with true tea all the ships that came for it ; China could not furnish such a quantity ; and , if the demand went on increasing as it had done some years past , all the leaves of all the trees ...
... true ; and that it was impossible to load with true tea all the ships that came for it ; China could not furnish such a quantity ; and , if the demand went on increasing as it had done some years past , all the leaves of all the trees ...
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... true picture of government ; its reverse is tyranny . * This notion of the infallible perception by the people of their true in- terest , and their unerring pursuit of it , was very prevalent in the provin- ces , and , for a time , in ...
... true picture of government ; its reverse is tyranny . * This notion of the infallible perception by the people of their true in- terest , and their unerring pursuit of it , was very prevalent in the provin- ces , and , for a time , in ...
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Rules for a Club established for Mutual Improvement | 9 |
Dialogue between Philocles and Horatio concerning | 46 |
Public | 57 |
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