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... carried anything about our wars ) . Their business is with the heavens - the timetabling of events universal . The chronology of the Philomath Almanacs carries these well into the first quarter of the 18th century . The rising tides ...
... carried anything about our wars ) . Their business is with the heavens - the timetabling of events universal . The chronology of the Philomath Almanacs carries these well into the first quarter of the 18th century . The rising tides ...
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... carried the almanac on until 1795 when it was then continued by his son , Nathanael the third . All three men were certainly cut from the same cloth and by now it is hard to tell one from the other . Isaiah Thomas , 1749-1831 , was in ...
... carried the almanac on until 1795 when it was then continued by his son , Nathanael the third . All three men were certainly cut from the same cloth and by now it is hard to tell one from the other . Isaiah Thomas , 1749-1831 , was in ...
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... carry water ! And what were they carrying water for ? Steward : Sure , sir , to put out the fire . Mr. G .: Fire , what fire ? Steward : O Sir , your father's house is burnt to the ground . Mr. G .: My father's house burnt down ? And ...
... carry water ! And what were they carrying water for ? Steward : Sure , sir , to put out the fire . Mr. G .: Fire , what fire ? Steward : O Sir , your father's house is burnt to the ground . Mr. G .: My father's house burnt down ? And ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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