The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... kind letter , with your excellent advice to the people of the United States , which I read with great pleasure , and hope will be duly regarded . Such writings , though they may be lightly passed over by many readers , yet if they make ...
... kind letter , with your excellent advice to the people of the United States , which I read with great pleasure , and hope will be duly regarded . Such writings , though they may be lightly passed over by many readers , yet if they make ...
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... kind of comfortable living , all the pleasure of doing good to others , all the esteem of his fellow citizens , and the joys of benevolent friendship , for the sake of accu- mulating wealth ; Poor man , says I , you do indeed pay too ...
... kind of comfortable living , all the pleasure of doing good to others , all the esteem of his fellow citizens , and the joys of benevolent friendship , for the sake of accu- mulating wealth ; Poor man , says I , you do indeed pay too ...
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... kind of little fly , called an Ephemera , whose successive generations , we were told , were bred and expired within the day . I hap- pened to see a living company of them on a leaf , who appeared to be engaged in conversation . You ...
... kind of little fly , called an Ephemera , whose successive generations , we were told , were bred and expired within the day . I hap- pened to see a living company of them on a leaf , who appeared to be engaged in conversation . You ...
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... kind sinile and a tune from the ever amiable Brilliant . B. FRANKLIN . MORALS OF CHESS . PLAYING at chess is the most ancient and univer- sal game known among men ; for its original is be- yond the memory of history , and it has , for ...
... kind sinile and a tune from the ever amiable Brilliant . B. FRANKLIN . MORALS OF CHESS . PLAYING at chess is the most ancient and univer- sal game known among men ; for its original is be- yond the memory of history , and it has , for ...
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... victory , use any triumphing or insulting expression , nor show too much pleasure ; but endeavour to con- sole your adversary , and make him less dissatisfied with himself , by every kind of civil expression that 132 ESSAYS .
... victory , use any triumphing or insulting expression , nor show too much pleasure ; but endeavour to con- sole your adversary , and make him less dissatisfied with himself , by every kind of civil expression that 132 ESSAYS .
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