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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... force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point , and as we were not to see each other again for some time , I committed my thoughts to ... power ' to imitate it . With this view I selected 22 LIFE OF.
... force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point , and as we were not to see each other again for some time , I committed my thoughts to ... power ' to imitate it . With this view I selected 22 LIFE OF.
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... power , which , during my whole life , I have ever preserved . My apprentice- ship became insupportable to me , and ... point of view , consi- dering me as a young wit , inclined to satire and lam- roon . My brother's enlargement was ...
... power , which , during my whole life , I have ever preserved . My apprentice- ship became insupportable to me , and ... point of view , consi- dering me as a young wit , inclined to satire and lam- roon . My brother's enlargement was ...
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... power of points in drawing and throwing off the electrical inatter , which had hitherto escaped the notice of elec- tricians . He also made the grand discovery of a plus and minus , or of a positive and negative state of elec- tricity ...
... power of points in drawing and throwing off the electrical inatter , which had hitherto escaped the notice of elec- tricians . He also made the grand discovery of a plus and minus , or of a positive and negative state of elec- tricity ...
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... power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fires silently and imperceptibly , he suggested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being damaged by lightning , by erecting pointed ...
... power of points in repelling bodies charged with electricity , and in conducting their fires silently and imperceptibly , he suggested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being damaged by lightning , by erecting pointed ...
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... point of taking the lead , calling upon me only from necessity , or to figure by her side . But conceive not , Sirs , that my ... power even to scrawl a suppliant petition for relief , having been obliged to employ the hand of another in ...
... point of taking the lead , calling upon me only from necessity , or to figure by her side . But conceive not , Sirs , that my ... power even to scrawl a suppliant petition for relief , having been obliged to employ the hand of another in ...
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