The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 Seiten |
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... lives and characters of remarkable persons , it consequently becomes an interesting subject , and is of general utility . It would be but fair to assert , that almost every civilized nation on the globe has , at one period or other ...
... lives and characters of remarkable persons , it consequently becomes an interesting subject , and is of general utility . It would be but fair to assert , that almost every civilized nation on the globe has , at one period or other ...
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... Lives , in which I read con- tinually , and I still regard as advantageously em . ployed the time I devoted to them . I found besides , a work of De Foe's , entitled an Essay on Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impressions ...
... Lives , in which I read con- tinually , and I still regard as advantageously em . ployed the time I devoted to them . I found besides , a work of De Foe's , entitled an Essay on Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impressions ...
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... live upon good terms with Keimer , who had not the smallest suspicion of my projected establishment . He still retained a portion of his form- er enthusiasm ; and , being fond of argument , we fre . quently disputed together . I was so ...
... live upon good terms with Keimer , who had not the smallest suspicion of my projected establishment . He still retained a portion of his form- er enthusiasm ; and , being fond of argument , we fre . quently disputed together . I was so ...
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... lives in a state of voluntary wretchedness and po- verty . At the end of a few weeks , Watts having occasion for me above ... live . After this I lived in the utmost harmony with my fellow - labourers , and soon acquired considerable in ...
... lives in a state of voluntary wretchedness and po- verty . At the end of a few weeks , Watts having occasion for me above ... live . After this I lived in the utmost harmony with my fellow - labourers , and soon acquired considerable in ...
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... live very agreeably with the rest . They respected me , and the more so as they found Keiner incapable of instructing them , and as they learned something from me every day . We never worked on a Satur- day , it being Keimer's sabbath ...
... live very agreeably with the rest . They respected me , and the more so as they found Keiner incapable of instructing them , and as they learned something from me every day . We never worked on a Satur- day , it being Keimer's sabbath ...
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