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Many volumes are wanting , as appears by the series of numbers , but there still
remain eight ir folio , and twenty - four in quarto and octavo . The collection had
fallen into the hands of a second - hand bookseller , who , knowing me by hav .
ing ...
Many volumes are wanting , as appears by the series of numbers , but there still
remain eight ir folio , and twenty - four in quarto and octavo . The collection had
fallen into the hands of a second - hand bookseller , who , knowing me by hav .
ing ...
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You shall , " said he , " or remain upon the wa . ter all night . " - " As you please . "
Let us row , said the rest of the company : what signifies whether he assists or not
. But , already angry with him for his conrluct in other respects , I persisted in my ...
You shall , " said he , " or remain upon the wa . ter all night . " - " As you please . "
Let us row , said the rest of the company : what signifies whether he assists or not
. But , already angry with him for his conrluct in other respects , I persisted in my ...
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He now , for the first time , inforined me of his intention to remain in England , and
that he had no thoughts of ever returning to Philadelphia . He was totally without
money ; the litile he had been able to raise having barely sufficed for his ...
He now , for the first time , inforined me of his intention to remain in England , and
that he had no thoughts of ever returning to Philadelphia . He was totally without
money ; the litile he had been able to raise having barely sufficed for his ...
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I was led , however , to suppose from this incident , that if I had wished to remain
in London , and open a swimming school , I should perhaps have gained a great
deal of inoney . The idea struck me so forcibly , that , had the offe . been made ...
I was led , however , to suppose from this incident , that if I had wished to remain
in London , and open a swimming school , I should perhaps have gained a great
deal of inoney . The idea struck me so forcibly , that , had the offe . been made ...
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side as was thrown on the other ; and that , to dis . charge it , nothing was
necessary but to produce a communication between the two sides by which the
equilibrium might be restored , and that then no signs of electricity would remain .
side as was thrown on the other ; and that , to dis . charge it , nothing was
necessary but to produce a communication between the two sides by which the
equilibrium might be restored , and that then no signs of electricity would remain .
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| Titel | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: with His Life |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustriert von | John Scoles |
| Mitwirkende Personen | William Van Norden |
| Verlag | W. Van Norden, 1825 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 27. Juli 2006 |
| Länge | 290 Seiten |
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