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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... Paper : a Poem 184 On the Art of Swimming 186 New Mode of Bathing 188 Observations on the generally - prevailing Doc- trines of Life and Death - 190 Precautions to be used by those who are about to undertake a Sea Voyage On Luxury ...
... Paper : a Poem 184 On the Art of Swimming 186 New Mode of Bathing 188 Observations on the generally - prevailing Doc- trines of Life and Death - 190 Precautions to be used by those who are about to undertake a Sea Voyage On Luxury ...
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... paper : it will be an agreeable employment of a week's uninterrupted leisure , which I promise myself during my present retirement in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of ...
... paper : it will be an agreeable employment of a week's uninterrupted leisure , which I promise myself during my present retirement in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of ...
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... papers here , in which you will find a more minute account , if they are not lost during my ab- sence . Thomas had learned the trade of a blacksraith under his father ; but , possessing a good natural un- derstanding . he improved it by ...
... papers here , in which you will find a more minute account , if they are not lost during my ab- sence . Thomas had learned the trade of a blacksraith under his father ; but , possessing a good natural un- derstanding . he improved it by ...
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... paper , made a fair copy , and sent it to him . He answered , and I replied . Three or four letters had been written by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers and read them . Without entering into the merits of the cause ...
... paper , made a fair copy , and sent it to him . He answered , and I replied . Three or four letters had been written by each , when my father chanced to light upon my papers and read them . Without entering into the merits of the cause ...
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... papers , made short summaries of the sense of each period , and put them for a few days aside . I then , without looking at the book , endeavoured to restore the essays to their due form , and to express each thought at length , as it ...
... papers , made short summaries of the sense of each period , and put them for a few days aside . I then , without looking at the book , endeavoured to restore the essays to their due form , and to express each thought at length , as it ...
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