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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... thing should be adjusted to my satisfaction ; and he was very pressing in his entreaties ; I answered his let- ter , thanked him for his advice , and explained the reasons which had mduced me to quit Boston , with such force and ...
... thing should be adjusted to my satisfaction ; and he was very pressing in his entreaties ; I answered his let- ter , thanked him for his advice , and explained the reasons which had mduced me to quit Boston , with such force and ...
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... things of me to my father ; and strongly re- commended the project of my settling at Philadelphia , as a thing which could not fail to make my fortune . Going down the bay we struck on a flat , and sprung a leak . The weather was very ...
... things of me to my father ; and strongly re- commended the project of my settling at Philadelphia , as a thing which could not fail to make my fortune . Going down the bay we struck on a flat , and sprung a leak . The weather was very ...
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... thing he could in faveur of the scheme ; but my father firmly maintained its absurdity , and at last gave a positive refusal . He wrote , however , a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him for the protection he had so obligingly ...
... thing he could in faveur of the scheme ; but my father firmly maintained its absurdity , and at last gave a positive refusal . He wrote , however , a civil letter to Sir William , thanking him for the protection he had so obligingly ...
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... things which had been taken from the cabin , and knowing these women to be prostitutes , pro- cured a search - warrant , found the stolen goods upon them , and had them punished . And thus , after having been saved from one rock ...
... things which had been taken from the cabin , and knowing these women to be prostitutes , pro- cured a search - warrant , found the stolen goods upon them , and had them punished . And thus , after having been saved from one rock ...
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... thing that had possessed life ; and I considered , on this occasion , agreeably to the maxims of my master Tyron , the cap- ture of every fish as a sort of murder , committed with- out provocation , since these animals had neither done ...
... thing that had possessed life ; and I considered , on this occasion , agreeably to the maxims of my master Tyron , the cap- ture of every fish as a sort of murder , committed with- out provocation , since these animals had neither done ...
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