The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: With His Life, Written by HimselfJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... produced one good poet , one able mathematician , one man of genius , in a single art , or a single science . " - " When we shall have ex- isted as a nation , " says Mr. J. " as long as the Greeks did before they produced a Homer , the ...
... produced one good poet , one able mathematician , one man of genius , in a single art , or a single science . " - " When we shall have ex- isted as a nation , " says Mr. J. " as long as the Greeks did before they produced a Homer , the ...
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... produced . The Essays of this great writer is one of the best proofs we can adduce of his tran- scendent abilities ; and America claims the enlight . ened FRANKLIN , a man who has not left his equal behind him , and whose Life and ...
... produced . The Essays of this great writer is one of the best proofs we can adduce of his tran- scendent abilities ; and America claims the enlight . ened FRANKLIN , a man who has not left his equal behind him , and whose Life and ...
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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 ... produce the new con- tract . It was undoubtedly dishonourable to avail myself of this circumstance , and I reckon ...
... produced upon an emergency : but that , to secure to my brother the benefit of my service , I should sign a new ... produce the new con- tract . It was undoubtedly dishonourable to avail myself of this circumstance , and I reckon ...
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... produced by the rocky shore . We cast anchor and veered the ca- ble 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 we ...
... produced by the rocky shore . We cast anchor and veered the ca- ble 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 we ...
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... produce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing We shall then see in what manner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and immediately transcribed the verses to prevent all ...
... produce them as your own . I will pretend not to have had leisure to write any thing We shall then see in what manner he will speak of them . I agreed to this little artifice , and immediately transcribed the verses to prevent all ...
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