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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... present age has made more 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 ...
... present age has made more 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 ...
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... present retirement in the country . There are also other motives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity , in which I drew my first breath and spent my earliest years , I have raised myself to a ...
... present retirement in the country . There are also other motives which induce me to the undertaking . From the bosom of poverty and obscurity , in which I drew my first breath and spent my earliest years , I have raised myself to a ...
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... present proprietor . as , My grandfather had four surviving sons , Thom- John , Benjamin , and Josias . I shall give you such particulars of them as my memory will fur- nish , not having my papers here , in which you will find a more ...
... present proprietor . as , My grandfather had four surviving sons , Thom- John , Benjamin , and Josias . I shall give you such particulars of them as my memory will fur- nish , not having my papers here , in which you will find a more ...
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... present , however , in 1771 , there are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into ex- ecution and I was employed in distributing the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off ...
... present , however , in 1771 , there are no less than twenty - five . But he carried his project into ex- ecution and I was employed in distributing the copies to his customers , after having assisted in composing and working them off ...
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... present at the conversation . De Foe has imitated it with success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works , as also Richardson in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of ...
... present at the conversation . De Foe has imitated it with success in his Robinson Crusoe , his Moll Flanders , and other works , as also Richardson in his Pamela , & c . In approaching the island , we found that we had made a part of ...
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