The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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... kind . Thus accustomed , from my infancy , to the utmost inattention as to these objects , I have been perfectly regardless of what kind of food was before me ; and I pay so little attention to it even now , that it would be a hard ...
... kind . Thus accustomed , from my infancy , to the utmost inattention as to these objects , I have been perfectly regardless of what kind of food was before me ; and I pay so little attention to it even now , that it would be a hard ...
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... kind or other . He gave me three large rolls . I was surprised at receiv- ing so much ; I took them however , and having no room in my pockets , I walked on with a roll under each arm , eating the third . In this manner , I went through ...
... kind or other . He gave me three large rolls . I was surprised at receiv- ing so much ; I took them however , and having no room in my pockets , I walked on with a roll under each arm , eating the third . In this manner , I went through ...
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... The great uncertainty I found in metaphysical reasonings disgusted me ; and I quitted that kind of reading and study for others more satisfactory . " he never having written to her more than one letter 30 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... The great uncertainty I found in metaphysical reasonings disgusted me ; and I quitted that kind of reading and study for others more satisfactory . " he never having written to her more than one letter 30 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... kind of rowing with the arms and legs ; and the addi- tion of a sail , as he terms it , was suggested by his approaching a pond , while flying a kite on a summer's day . " I tied , " he says , " the string to a stake , and the kite ...
... kind of rowing with the arms and legs ; and the addi- tion of a sail , as he terms it , was suggested by his approaching a pond , while flying a kite on a summer's day . " I tied , " he says , " the string to a stake , and the kite ...
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... kind of censor morum , purposing to make use of the Weekly Mercury ' as a vehicle in which , with your allowance , my remonstrances shall be conveyed to the world . I am sensible I have , in this par- ticular , undertaken a very ...
... kind of censor morum , purposing to make use of the Weekly Mercury ' as a vehicle in which , with your allowance , my remonstrances shall be conveyed to the world . I am sensible I have , in this par- ticular , undertaken a very ...
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