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He was also extremely fond of politics , too much so perhaps for his situation . I
lately found in London a collection which he had made of all the principal
pamphlets relative to public affairs , from the year 1641 to 1717. Many volumes
are ...
He was also extremely fond of politics , too much so perhaps for his situation . I
lately found in London a collection which he had made of all the principal
pamphlets relative to public affairs , from the year 1641 to 1717. Many volumes
are ...
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It will not , perhaps , be uninteresting to your to know what sort of a man my father
was.He had an excellent constitution , was of a mid-dle size , but well made and
strong , and extremely active in whatever he undertook . He designed with a ...
It will not , perhaps , be uninteresting to your to know what sort of a man my father
was.He had an excellent constitution , was of a mid-dle size , but well made and
strong , and extremely active in whatever he undertook . He designed with a ...
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This desérves , perhaps , the name of negligence . To return . I thus continued
employed in my father's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I
arrived at twelve years of age.About this time , my brother John , who had served
his ...
This desérves , perhaps , the name of negligence . To return . I thus continued
employed in my father's trade for the space of two years ; that is to say , till I
arrived at twelve years of age.About this time , my brother John , who had served
his ...
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... read continually , and I still regard as advantageously employed the time I
devoted to them . I found be . sides a work of de Foe's entitled , An Essay on
Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impressions that have since influenced
some of ...
... read continually , and I still regard as advantageously employed the time I
devoted to them . I found be . sides a work of de Foe's entitled , An Essay on
Projects , from which , perhaps , I derived impressions that have since influenced
some of ...
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I maintained the opposite opinion , a little , perhaps , for the pleasure of disputing
. He was naturally more eloquent than 1 ; words flowed copiously from his lips ;
and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the ...
I maintained the opposite opinion , a little , perhaps , for the pleasure of disputing
. He was naturally more eloquent than 1 ; words flowed copiously from his lips ;
and frequently I thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the ...
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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 |
| Verlag | S. Andrus and Son, 1847 |
| Original von | University of California, Irvine |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Juni 2017 |
| Länge | 304 Seiten |
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