The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeN. Hickman, 1835 - 304 Seiten |
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... says I , you do indeed pay too much for your whistle . When I meet a man of pleasure , sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind , or of his fortune , to mere corporeal sensations ; Mistaken man , says I , you are providing ...
... says I , you do indeed pay too much for your whistle . When I meet a man of pleasure , sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind , or of his fortune , to mere corporeal sensations ; Mistaken man , says I , you are providing ...
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... says . ' But dost thou love life ? then do not squander time , for that's the stuff life is made of , ' as poor Richard says . How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting , that the sleeping fox catches no poultry ...
... says . ' But dost thou love life ? then do not squander time , for that's the stuff life is made of , ' as poor Richard says . How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep ! forgetting , that the sleeping fox catches no poultry ...
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... says , ' At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter . ' Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter for Industry pays debts , but despair increaseth them , ' says poor Richard . What though you have found no treasure ...
... says , ' At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter . ' Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter for Industry pays debts , but despair increaseth them , ' says poor Richard . What though you have found no treasure ...
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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