The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... given . We agreed to keep the secret till the arrival of the materials . and I was in the mean time to procure work , if possible , in another printing house ; but there was no place vacant , and I remained idle . After some days ...
... given . We agreed to keep the secret till the arrival of the materials . and I was in the mean time to procure work , if possible , in another printing house ; but there was no place vacant , and I remained idle . After some days ...
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... life . My parents had given me betimes religious impres- sions , and I received from my infancy a pious edu cation in the principles of Calvinism . But scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age , when DR . FRANKLIN . * 69.
... life . My parents had given me betimes religious impres- sions , and I received from my infancy a pious edu cation in the principles of Calvinism . But scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age , when DR . FRANKLIN . * 69.
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... sent me , in the following year , two long letters , containing the best accounts that had yet been given of that country , as to climate , soil , agriculture , & c . for he was well versed in these matters . I published them 78 LIFE OF.
... sent me , in the following year , two long letters , containing the best accounts that had yet been given of that country , as to climate , soil , agriculture , & c . for he was well versed in these matters . I published them 78 LIFE OF.
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... given them , cannot be enslaved . It is in the regions of ignorance that ty- ranny reigns . It flies before the light of science . Let the citizens of America , then , encourage institutions calculated to diffuse knowledge amongst ...
... given them , cannot be enslaved . It is in the regions of ignorance that ty- ranny reigns . It flies before the light of science . Let the citizens of America , then , encourage institutions calculated to diffuse knowledge amongst ...
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... given , and all the experiments made which are usually performed with electricity . About a month before this period , some ingenious Frenchman had completed the discovery in the man- ner originally proposed by Dr. Franklin . The ...
... given , and all the experiments made which are usually performed with electricity . About a month before this period , some ingenious Frenchman had completed the discovery in the man- ner originally proposed by Dr. Franklin . The ...
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