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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... pleasure to find that it met with their approbation , and that in their various conjectures they made re- specting the author , no one was mentioned who did not enjoy a high reputation ir . the country for talents and genius . I now ...
... pleasure to find that it met with their approbation , and that in their various conjectures they made re- specting the author , no one was mentioned who did not enjoy a high reputation ir . the country for talents and genius . I now ...
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... pleasure , and have since continued to eat like the rest of mankind , returning only occa- sionally to my vegetable plan . How convenient does it prove to be a rational animal , that knows how to find or invent a plausible pretext for ...
... pleasure , and have since continued to eat like the rest of mankind , returning only occa- sionally to my vegetable plan . How convenient does it prove to be a rational animal , that knows how to find or invent a plausible pretext for ...
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... Pleasure and Pain . " I dedicated it to my friend Ralph , and printed a small number of copies . Palmer , upon this , treated me with nore consideration , and regarded me as a young man of talents ; though he seriously took me to task ...
... Pleasure and Pain . " I dedicated it to my friend Ralph , and printed a small number of copies . Palmer , upon this , treated me with nore consideration , and regarded me as a young man of talents ; though he seriously took me to task ...
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... pleasure to those to whom it was new . In my youth I took great delight in this exercise . I knew , and could execute , al the evolutions and positions of Theveno ; and I added to them some of my own invention , in which I endeavoured ...
... pleasure to those to whom it was new . In my youth I took great delight in this exercise . I knew , and could execute , al the evolutions and positions of Theveno ; and I added to them some of my own invention , in which I endeavoured ...
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... pleasure than any sum I have since gained ; and the recollection of the gratitude I felt on this occasion to George House , has rendered me often more disposed , than perhaps I should otherwise have been , to encour- age young beginners ...
... pleasure than any sum I have since gained ; and the recollection of the gratitude I felt on this occasion to George House , has rendered me often more disposed , than perhaps I should otherwise have been , to encour- age young beginners ...
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