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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... quantity of beer , and paying every Saturday night a score of four or five shillings a - week for this cursed beverage ; an expense from which was wholly ex- empt . Thus do these poor devils continue all their lives in a state of ...
... quantity of beer , and paying every Saturday night a score of four or five shillings a - week for this cursed beverage ; an expense from which was wholly ex- empt . Thus do these poor devils continue all their lives in a state of ...
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... quantity of goods , in order to open a store ; and he offered to take me with him in the capacity of clerk , to keep his books , in which he would instruct me , copy letters , and su- perintend the store . He added , that as soon as I ...
... quantity of goods , in order to open a store ; and he offered to take me with him in the capacity of clerk , to keep his books , in which he would instruct me , copy letters , and su- perintend the store . He added , that as soon as I ...
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... quantity of letter ; and there was no such trade as that of letter - founder in America . I had seen the practice of this art at the house of James , in London ; but bad , at the time , paid it very little attention . however contrived ...
... quantity of letter ; and there was no such trade as that of letter - founder in America . I had seen the practice of this art at the house of James , in London ; but bad , at the time , paid it very little attention . however contrived ...
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... quantities of the electric fluid , and thus to produce phenomena which had been hitherto unobserved . They killed small birds , and set spirits on fire . Their experiments excited the cu- riosity of other philosophers . Collinson ...
... quantities of the electric fluid , and thus to produce phenomena which had been hitherto unobserved . They killed small birds , and set spirits on fire . Their experiments excited the cu- riosity of other philosophers . Collinson ...
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... quantity of electricity on the prime conductor , while the globe of sulphur diminished its natural quantity or charged negatively . These experiments and obser . vations opened a new field for investigation , upon which electricians ...
... quantity of electricity on the prime conductor , while the globe of sulphur diminished its natural quantity or charged negatively . These experiments and obser . vations opened a new field for investigation , upon which electricians ...
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