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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... be for . gotten which would arrange him among the degene racies of nature . In physics , we have produced a FRANKLIN , than whom no one of the present age has made more important discoveries , nor has enriched philosophy with PREFACE.
... be for . gotten which would arrange him among the degene racies of nature . In physics , we have produced a FRANKLIN , than whom no one of the present age has made more important discoveries , nor has enriched philosophy with PREFACE.
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... present retirement in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity , in which I drew my first breath , and spent my earliest years , I have raised myself to a ...
... present retirement in the country . There are also other mo- tives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity , in which I drew my first breath , and spent my earliest years , I have raised myself to a ...
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... present proprietor . My grandfather had four surviving sons , Thomas , John , Benjamin , and Josias . I shall give you such particulars of them as my memory will furnish , not having my papers here , in which you will find a more minute ...
... present proprietor . My grandfather had four surviving sons , Thomas , John , Benjamin , and Josias . I shall give you such particulars of them as my memory will furnish , not having my papers here , in which you will find a more minute ...
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... present , however , in 1771 , t ' ere are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his pro ject into execution , and I was employed in distri buting the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them ...
... present , however , in 1771 , t ' ere are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his pro ject into execution , and I was employed in distri buting the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them ...
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... present at the conversation . De Foe has imitated it with success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also Richard- son in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of ...
... present at the conversation . De Foe has imitated it with success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works ; as also Richard- son in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of ...
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