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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... reasons ; or it is so , if I am not mistaken . This habit has , I think , been of considerable ad- vantage to me , when I had occasion to impress my opinion on the minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I ...
... reasons ; or it is so , if I am not mistaken . This habit has , I think , been of considerable ad- vantage to me , when I had occasion to impress my opinion on the minds of others , and persuade them to the adoption of the measures I ...
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... reason to apprehend , as , from my indiscreet disputes upon the subject of reli- gion , I began to be regarded by pious souls , with horror , either as an apostate or an atheist . I came , therefore , to a resolution ; but my father ...
... reason to apprehend , as , from my indiscreet disputes upon the subject of reli- gion , I began to be regarded by pious souls , with horror , either as an apostate or an atheist . I came , therefore , to a resolution ; but my father ...
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... reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . I then turned the corner , and went through Chestnut Street , eating my roll all the way ; and having made this round , I found myself again on Market Street wharf , near ...
... reason , that I made a very singular and grotesque appearance . I then turned the corner , and went through Chestnut Street , eating my roll all the way ; and having made this round , I found myself again on Market Street wharf , near ...
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... reasons which had induced me to quit Boston , with such force and clearness , that he was convinced I had been less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , Governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain ...
... reasons which had induced me to quit Boston , with such force and clearness , that he was convinced I had been less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , Governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain ...
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... reason why we may not eat you . I accordingly dined on the cod with no small degree of pleasure , and have since continued to eat like the rest of mankind , returning only occa- sionally to my vegetable plan . How convenient does it ...
... reason why we may not eat you . I accordingly dined on the cod with no small degree of pleasure , and have since continued to eat like the rest of mankind , returning only occa- sionally to my vegetable plan . How convenient does it ...
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