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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... volumes are wanting , as appears by the series of numbers ; but there still remain eight in folio , and twenty - four in quarto and octavo . The collection had fallen into the hands of a second - hand bookseller , 12 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... volumes are wanting , as appears by the series of numbers ; but there still remain eight in folio , and twenty - four in quarto and octavo . The collection had fallen into the hands of a second - hand bookseller , 12 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... remain upon the water all night . ” — “ As you please . Let us row , said the rest of the company ; what signifies whether he assists or not . But , already angry with him for his conduct in other respects , I persisted in my refusal ...
... remain upon the water all night . ” — “ As you please . Let us row , said the rest of the company ; what signifies whether he assists or not . But , already angry with him for his conduct in other respects , I persisted in my refusal ...
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... remain in England , and that he had no thoughts of ever returning to Philadelphia . He was totally without money ; the little he had been able to raise having barely sufficed for his passage . I had still fifteen pistoles remaining ...
... remain in England , and that he had no thoughts of ever returning to Philadelphia . He was totally without money ; the little he had been able to raise having barely sufficed for his passage . I had still fifteen pistoles remaining ...
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... remain in London , and open a swimming school , I should perhaps have gained a great deal of money . The idea struck me so forcibly that , had the offer been made sooner , I should have dismissed the thought of returning as yet to ...
... remain in London , and open a swimming school , I should perhaps have gained a great deal of money . The idea struck me so forcibly that , had the offer been made sooner , I should have dismissed the thought of returning as yet to ...
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... remain . He afterwards demonstrated , by experiments , that the electricity did not reside in the coating , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the coating , and found ...
... remain . He afterwards demonstrated , by experiments , that the electricity did not reside in the coating , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the coating , and found ...
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