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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... important discoveries , nor has enriched philosophy with more or more ingeni ous solutions of the phenomena of nature . We have supposed Mr. Rittenhouse second to no astronomer living ; that in genius he must be the first , because he ...
... important discoveries , nor has enriched philosophy with more or more ingeni ous solutions of the phenomena of nature . We have supposed Mr. Rittenhouse second to no astronomer living ; that in genius he must be the first , because he ...
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... important an enterprise , and which would require so considerable a sum of money . My old comrade , Collins , who was a clerk in the post - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new residence , expressed a desire of going ...
... important an enterprise , and which would require so considerable a sum of money . My old comrade , Collins , who was a clerk in the post - office , charmed with the account I gave of my new residence , expressed a desire of going ...
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... important affairs . But Sir William , upon reading his letter , thought him too prudent . There was a difference , he said , between individuals : years of maturity were not always accompanied with discretion , neither was youth in ...
... important affairs . But Sir William , upon reading his letter , thought him too prudent . There was a difference , he said , between individuals : years of maturity were not always accompanied with discretion , neither was youth in ...
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... importance the ad- vice commonly given , of introducing gradually such alterations of regimen . I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer suffered terribly . Tired of the project , he sighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ...
... importance the ad- vice commonly given , of introducing gradually such alterations of regimen . I continued it cheerfully ; but poor Keimer suffered terribly . Tired of the project , he sighed for the flesh pots of Egypt . At length he ...
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... importance , but that he would send the letters on board , and that he wished me , with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I re- turned , somewhat astonished , to the ship , but still without entertaining the slighest ...
... importance , but that he would send the letters on board , and that he wished me , with all his heart , a good voyage and speedy return . I re- turned , somewhat astonished , to the ship , but still without entertaining the slighest ...
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