The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeS. Andrus and Son, 1847 - 304 Seiten |
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... effects which might result from this inclination , my fa- ther was anxious to see me engaged with my brother . I held back for some time ; at length , however ' I sufferd myself to be persuaded , and signed my indentures , being then ...
... effects which might result from this inclination , my fa- ther was anxious to see me engaged with my brother . I held back for some time ; at length , however ' I sufferd myself to be persuaded , and signed my indentures , being then ...
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... effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyauce . In crossing the bay we met with a squall , which shattered to pieces our rotten Bails , and prevented us from entering the Kill and threw us upon Long - Island . During ...
... effects to come after me by the usual and more tedious conveyauce . In crossing the bay we met with a squall , which shattered to pieces our rotten Bails , and prevented us from entering the Kill and threw us upon Long - Island . During ...
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... effects being now arrived , I thought of making , in the eyes of Miss Read , a more respectable appearance than when chance exhibited me to her view , eating my_roll , and wandering in the streets . From this period I began to contract ...
... effects being now arrived , I thought of making , in the eyes of Miss Read , a more respectable appearance than when chance exhibited me to her view , eating my_roll , and wandering in the streets . From this period I began to contract ...
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... effect only of a momentary passion , and inviting me to return to him . Meredith persuaded me to com- ply with the invitation , particularly as it would afford him more opportunities of improving him- self in the business by means of my ...
... effect only of a momentary passion , and inviting me to return to him . Meredith persuaded me to com- ply with the invitation , particularly as it would afford him more opportunities of improving him- self in the business by means of my ...
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... effect precisely the reverse of what was intended by the writers ; for the arguments of the deists , which were cited in order to be refuted , appear- ed to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word , I soon became a ...
... effect precisely the reverse of what was intended by the writers ; for the arguments of the deists , which were cited in order to be refuted , appear- ed to me much more forcible than the refutation itself . In a word , I soon became a ...
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