The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeN. Hickman, 1835 - 304 Seiten |
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... live above seven or eight minutes longer . What now avails all my toil and labour , in amassing honey - dew on this leaf , which I cannot live to enjoy . What my political struggles I have been engaged in , for the good of my compatriot ...
... live above seven or eight minutes longer . What now avails all my toil and labour , in amassing honey - dew on this leaf , which I cannot live to enjoy . What my political struggles I have been engaged in , for the good of my compatriot ...
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... live yet five hundred years longer . " But Methusalem answered and said ; " If I am to live but five hundred years longer , it is not worth while to build me an house - I will sleep in the air as I have been used to do . " Physicians ...
... live yet five hundred years longer . " But Methusalem answered and said ; " If I am to live but five hundred years longer , it is not worth while to build me an house - I will sleep in the air as I have been used to do . " Physicians ...
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... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a little in this way . We sell our victuals to the ...
... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a little in this way . We sell our victuals to the ...
Inhalt
LIFE of Dr Franklin as written by Himself | 82 |
On the Death of his Brother Mr John Franklin | 140 |
A Petition of the Left Hand | 146 |
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