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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... nature to envy ! James Franklin soon considered his brother's author- ship in this point of view . It increased the sale of his paper ; this was solid pudding : but it brought the poor author empty praise ; and this , in James's opi ...
... nature to envy ! James Franklin soon considered his brother's author- ship in this point of view . It increased the sale of his paper ; this was solid pudding : but it brought the poor author empty praise ; and this , in James's opi ...
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... saved from one rock concealed under water , upon which the ves- sel struck during our passage , I escaped another of a still more dangerous nature . " At New York , new favours and frowns of fortune 22 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
... saved from one rock concealed under water , upon which the ves- sel struck during our passage , I escaped another of a still more dangerous nature . " At New York , new favours and frowns of fortune 22 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN .
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... Nature , " which awoke a train of metaphysical reflections in his mind . This resulted in his printing , on his own account , " A short Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity , Pleasure and Pain , " which advanced him in his employer's ...
... Nature , " which awoke a train of metaphysical reflections in his mind . This resulted in his printing , on his own account , " A short Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity , Pleasure and Pain , " which advanced him in his employer's ...
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... nature , than the possessor of all knowledge without some intelligent being to communicate it to . " " Tis a common opinion among the ladies , that if a man is ill - natured , he infallibly discovers it when he is in liquor . But I ...
... nature , than the possessor of all knowledge without some intelligent being to communicate it to . " " Tis a common opinion among the ladies , that if a man is ill - natured , he infallibly discovers it when he is in liquor . But I ...
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... natural temper and disposition of their humble servants . Let the ladies make one long sea - voyage with them , and if they have the least spark of ill - nature in them , and conceal it to the end of the voyage , I will forfeit all my ...
... natural temper and disposition of their humble servants . Let the ladies make one long sea - voyage with them , and if they have the least spark of ill - nature in them , and conceal it to the end of the voyage , I will forfeit all my ...
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