The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeW. Van Norden, 1825 - 290 Seiten |
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... common course of study , in a much shorter time than usual , he left the university , at the age of sixteen , with great reputation . Not long after , he entered on the study of phy . sic ; and the zeal with which he pursued it , and ...
... common course of study , in a much shorter time than usual , he left the university , at the age of sixteen , with great reputation . Not long after , he entered on the study of phy . sic ; and the zeal with which he pursued it , and ...
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... common kite . He prepared one by fastening two cross sticks to a silk handkerchief , which would not suffer so much from the rain as paper . To the upright stick was affixed an iron point . The string was , as usual . of hemp , except ...
... common kite . He prepared one by fastening two cross sticks to a silk handkerchief , which would not suffer so much from the rain as paper . To the upright stick was affixed an iron point . The string was , as usual . of hemp , except ...
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... common in America ; but prejudice has hitherto prevented their general intro . duction into Europe , notwithstanding the most un- doubted proofs of their utility have been given . But mankind can with difficulty be brought to lay aside ...
... common in America ; but prejudice has hitherto prevented their general intro . duction into Europe , notwithstanding the most un- doubted proofs of their utility have been given . But mankind can with difficulty be brought to lay aside ...
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... common English education . Franklin drew up a plan of an academy , to be erected in the city of Philadelphia , suited to " the state of an infant country ; " but in this , as in all his plans , he confined not his views to the present ...
... common English education . Franklin drew up a plan of an academy , to be erected in the city of Philadelphia , suited to " the state of an infant country ; " but in this , as in all his plans , he confined not his views to the present ...
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... common cause of liberty ; but they could not be prevailed upon to op- pose the measures of the British governments . M. le Roy , in a letter annexed to Abbé Fauchet's eulo- gium of Dr. Franklin , states , that the ill success of this ...
... common cause of liberty ; but they could not be prevailed upon to op- pose the measures of the British governments . M. le Roy , in a letter annexed to Abbé Fauchet's eulo- gium of Dr. Franklin , states , that the ill success of this ...
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