Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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Benjamin Franklin. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 170391 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS . 1900 . ESSAYS AND LETTERS , ON COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL SUBJECTS .
Benjamin Franklin. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 170391 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS . 1900 . ESSAYS AND LETTERS , ON COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL SUBJECTS .
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Benjamin Franklin. ESSAYS AND LETTERS , ON COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL SUBJECTS . OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE INCREASE OF MANKIND , PEOPLING OF COUNTRIES , & c . Written in Pennsylvania , 1751 . 1. TABLES of the proportion of marriages to ...
Benjamin Franklin. ESSAYS AND LETTERS , ON COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL SUBJECTS . OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE INCREASE OF MANKIND , PEOPLING OF COUNTRIES , & c . Written in Pennsylvania , 1751 . 1. TABLES of the proportion of marriages to ...
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... subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor . Under all these obligations , are our poor modest , humble , and thankful ; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain them- selves , and lighten our shoulders of ...
... subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor . Under all these obligations , are our poor modest , humble , and thankful ; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain them- selves , and lighten our shoulders of ...
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... subject , I put you to the trouble of reading a little of my nonsense ; I am sure I have lately read a great deal of yours , and therefore from you ( at least from those of you who are writers ) I deserve a little indulgence . I am ...
... subject , I put you to the trouble of reading a little of my nonsense ; I am sure I have lately read a great deal of yours , and therefore from you ( at least from those of you who are writers ) I deserve a little indulgence . I am ...
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... subjects ; and as he is truly the common father of his people , those that rob him fall under the scripture wo , pronounced against the son that robbeth his father , and saith it is no sin Mean as this practice is , do we not daily see ...
... subjects ; and as he is truly the common father of his people , those that rob him fall under the scripture wo , pronounced against the son that robbeth his father , and saith it is no sin Mean as this practice is , do we not daily see ...
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