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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... tion on the globe has , at one period or other , 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 ...
... tion on the globe has , at one period or other , 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 ...
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... tion so natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those , who from respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to listen to me , as they will be at ...
... tion so natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those , who from respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to listen to me , as they will be at ...
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... tion had always subsisted between my father and him , and I was his godson . He arrived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto vol- umes of poems in manuscript , consisting of little fugitive pieces addressed to his friends . He ...
... tion had always subsisted between my father and him , and I was his godson . He arrived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto vol- umes of poems in manuscript , consisting of little fugitive pieces addressed to his friends . He ...
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... sectaries , who had suffered persecution . To this persecu tion he attributes the wars with the natives , and other calamities which afflicted the country , re- garding them as the judgments of God , in pun- 14 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
... sectaries , who had suffered persecution . To this persecu tion he attributes the wars with the natives , and other calamities which afflicted the country , re- garding them as the judgments of God , in pun- 14 LIFE OF FRANKLIN .
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... tion was not conducted by justice . The mill pond was terminated on one side by a marsh , upon the borders of which we were ac- customed to take our stand , at high water , to angle for small fish . By dint of walking , we had converted ...
... tion was not conducted by justice . The mill pond was terminated on one side by a marsh , upon the borders of which we were ac- customed to take our stand , at high water , to angle for small fish . By dint of walking , we had converted ...
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