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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... produced distinguished individuals in various stations of life . Mr. Jefferson , the President of the United States of America , in his " Notes on Virginia , " thus speaks , -in answer to the assertion of the Abbe Raynal , that ...
... produced distinguished individuals in various stations of life . Mr. Jefferson , the President of the United States of America , in his " Notes on Virginia , " thus speaks , -in answer to the assertion of the Abbe Raynal , that ...
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... produced a Washington , whose me- mory will be adored while liberty shall have vo- taries ; whose name will triumph over time , and will in future ages assume its just station among the most celebrated worthies of the world , when that ...
... produced a Washington , whose me- mory will be adored while liberty shall have vo- taries ; whose name will triumph over time , and will in future ages assume its just station among the most celebrated worthies of the world , when that ...
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... produced upon an emergency ; but that , to secure to my brother the benefit of my service , I should sign a new contract , which should be kept secret during the remainder of the term This was a very shallow arrangement . It was ...
... produced upon an emergency ; but that , to secure to my brother the benefit of my service , I should sign a new contract , which should be kept secret during the remainder of the term This was a very shallow arrangement . It was ...
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... produce the new contract . It was undoubt- edly dishonorable to avail myself of this circum- stance , and I reckon this action as one of the first errors of my life ; but I was little capable of estimating it at its true value ...
... produce the new contract . It was undoubt- edly dishonorable to avail myself of this circum- stance , and I reckon this action as one of the first errors of my life ; but I was little capable of estimating it at its true value ...
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... produced by the rocky shore . We cast an- chor and veered the cable towards the shore . Some men , who stood upon the brink , halloed to us , while we did the same on our part ; but the wind was so high , and the waves so noisy , that ...
... produced by the rocky shore . We cast an- chor and veered the cable towards the shore . Some men , who stood upon the brink , halloed to us , while we did the same on our part ; but the wind was so high , and the waves so noisy , that ...
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