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When we shall have exististed as a nation , ” says Mr . J . “ as long as the Greeks
did before they produced a Homer , the Romans a Virgil , the French a Racine
and Voltaire , the English a Shakespeare and Milton , should this reproach be still
...
When we shall have exististed as a nation , ” says Mr . J . “ as long as the Greeks
did before they produced a Homer , the Romans a Virgil , the French a Racine
and Voltaire , the English a Shakespeare and Milton , should this reproach be still
...
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To say more in this place of our Author , would be anticipating what is hereafter
mentioned : it will therefore only be necessary to add , that due atten . tion has
been paid in the selection of such of his proeluctions as may be adapted to
general ...
To say more in this place of our Author , would be anticipating what is hereafter
mentioned : it will therefore only be necessary to add , that due atten . tion has
been paid in the selection of such of his proeluctions as may be adapted to
general ...
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They may also , should they ever be placed in a si milar situation , derive some
advartage from my carrative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I
have enjoyed , I sometimes say to myself , that were the offer made true I would ...
They may also , should they ever be placed in a si milar situation , derive some
advartage from my carrative . When I reflect , as I frequently do , upon the felicity I
have enjoyed , I sometimes say to myself , that were the offer made true I would ...
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Scarcely , indeed , have I ever heard or read the introductory plirase , " I may say
without vanity , " hut somo striking and characteristic instance of vanity has
immediately followed . The generality of men hate vanity in others , however
strongly ...
Scarcely , indeed , have I ever heard or read the introductory plirase , " I may say
without vanity , " hut somo striking and characteristic instance of vanity has
immediately followed . The generality of men hate vanity in others , however
strongly ...
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But my father , burdened with a numerous family , found that he was incapable ,
without subjecting himself to difficulties , of providing for the expenses of a colie .
giate education , and considering , besides , as I heard hiin say to his friends ...
But my father , burdened with a numerous family , found that he was incapable ,
without subjecting himself to difficulties , of providing for the expenses of a colie .
giate education , and considering , besides , as I heard hiin say to his friends ...
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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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