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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... kind . Thus ac- customed , from my infancy to the utmost inat- tention to these objects , I have always been per- fectly regardless of what kind of food was before me ; and I pay so little attention to it , even now , that it would be a ...
... kind . Thus ac- customed , from my infancy to the utmost inat- tention to these objects , I have always been per- fectly regardless of what kind of food was before me ; and I pay so little attention to it , even now , that it would be a ...
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... kind of excuse for want of modesty ? And would not the verses have been more accurate , if they had been constructed thus : Immodest words admit but this defence That want of decency is want of sense ? But I leave the dicision of this ...
... kind of excuse for want of modesty ? And would not the verses have been more accurate , if they had been constructed thus : Immodest words admit but this defence That want of decency is want of sense ? But I leave the dicision of this ...
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... kind or other . He gave me three large roils . I was surprised at receiving so much : I took them , however , and having no room in my pockets , I walked on with a roll under each arm , eating the third . In this manner I went through ...
... kind or other . He gave me three large roils . I was surprised at receiving so much : I took them , however , and having no room in my pockets , I walked on with a roll under each arm , eating the third . In this manner I went through ...
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... kind , would not be an advantage ? You will also be able , " said he , " to form some acquaint- ance there , and establish a correspondence with stationers and booksellers . " This I acknowl- edged was desirable . " That being the case ...
... kind , would not be an advantage ? You will also be able , " said he , " to form some acquaint- ance there , and establish a correspondence with stationers and booksellers . " This I acknowl- edged was desirable . " That being the case ...
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... kind I have ever witnessed . I see him still at work when I return from the Club at night , and he is at it again in the morning be- fore his neighbors are out of bed . " This account struck the rest of the assembly , and , shortly ...
... kind I have ever witnessed . I see him still at work when I return from the Club at night , and he is at it again in the morning be- fore his neighbors are out of bed . " This account struck the rest of the assembly , and , shortly ...
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