The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His Life |
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Page 13
... remain eight in folio , and twenty - four in quarto and octavo . The collection had fallen into the hands of a second - hand bookseller , who , knowing me by hav ing sold me some books , brought it to me . My uncle it seems , had left ...
... remain eight in folio , and twenty - four in quarto and octavo . The collection had fallen into the hands of a second - hand bookseller , who , knowing me by hav ing sold me some books , brought it to me . My uncle it seems , had left ...
Page 43
... remain upon the wa- ter all night . " - " As you please Let us row , said the rest of the company ; what signifies whether he assists or not . But , already angry with him for his conduct in other respects , I persisted in my refusal ...
... remain upon the wa- ter all night . " - " As you please Let us row , said the rest of the company ; what signifies whether he assists or not . But , already angry with him for his conduct in other respects , I persisted in my refusal ...
Page 53
... remain in England , and that he had no thoughts of ever returning to Philadelphia . He was totally without money ; the little he had been able to raise having barely sufficed for his passage . I had still fifteen pistoles remain- ing ...
... remain in England , and that he had no thoughts of ever returning to Philadelphia . He was totally without money ; the little he had been able to raise having barely sufficed for his passage . I had still fifteen pistoles remain- ing ...
Page 62
... remain in London , and open a swimming school , I should perhaps have gained a great deal of money . The idea struck me so forcibly , that , had the offer been made sooner . I should have dismissed the thought of returning as yet to ...
... remain in London , and open a swimming school , I should perhaps have gained a great deal of money . The idea struck me so forcibly , that , had the offer been made sooner . I should have dismissed the thought of returning as yet to ...
Page 92
... remain . He afterwards demon- strated by experiments , that the electricity did not re- side in the coating , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the coating , and found ...
... remain . He afterwards demon- strated by experiments , that the electricity did not re- side in the coating , as had been supposed , but in the pores of the glass itself . After a phial was charged , he removed the coating , and found ...
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