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Benjamin Franklin. Janinet pinx ! VOL.I. LONDON , PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE , PICCADILLY . 1820 . GMurray fe . ESSAYS AND LETTERS , BY DR . B. FRANKLIN . DRB.FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS .
Benjamin Franklin. Janinet pinx ! VOL.I. LONDON , PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE , PICCADILLY . 1820 . GMurray fe . ESSAYS AND LETTERS , BY DR . B. FRANKLIN . DRB.FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS .
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Benjamin Franklin. upon mature deliberation , think fit to take nobody's business wholly into my own hands ; and , out of zeal for the public good , design to erect myself into a kind of censor morum ; purposing , with your al- lowance ...
Benjamin Franklin. upon mature deliberation , think fit to take nobody's business wholly into my own hands ; and , out of zeal for the public good , design to erect myself into a kind of censor morum ; purposing , with your al- lowance ...
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Benjamin Franklin. meets with a suitable reception , or , if this should meet with due encouragement , I shall hereafter publish , " & c . This only manifests the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the ...
Benjamin Franklin. meets with a suitable reception , or , if this should meet with due encouragement , I shall hereafter publish , " & c . This only manifests the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the ...
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Benjamin Franklin. friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a proper relaxation from business , that one should be the butt of the company , and four men made merry at the cost of the fifth . How different from this character ...
Benjamin Franklin. friends meet for the benefit of conversation , and a proper relaxation from business , that one should be the butt of the company , and four men made merry at the cost of the fifth . How different from this character ...
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Benjamin Franklin. trifling actions of a man , in my opinion , as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face , give a nice observer some notion of his mind . Me- thought he rapped in such a peculiar manner , as seemed of ...
Benjamin Franklin. trifling actions of a man , in my opinion , as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face , give a nice observer some notion of his mind . Me- thought he rapped in such a peculiar manner , as seemed of ...
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