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... edition uses " ael " while that for 1757 has the " iel . " Goodspeed's Bookshop , quoting prices for Ames ' editions in its Catalog 506 offers these as Nathanael's . Before Ames had published his 8th annual edition , Ben- jamin Franklin ...
... edition uses " ael " while that for 1757 has the " iel . " Goodspeed's Bookshop , quoting prices for Ames ' editions in its Catalog 506 offers these as Nathanael's . Before Ames had published his 8th annual edition , Ben- jamin Franklin ...
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... edition of the St. James version of the Holy Bible in 1793 , he will not soon be forgotten . Another string of almanacs was Hutchins Improved , edited by a Yale Professor , John Nathan Hutchins , and printed by Hugh Gaine of New York ...
... edition of the St. James version of the Holy Bible in 1793 , he will not soon be forgotten . Another string of almanacs was Hutchins Improved , edited by a Yale Professor , John Nathan Hutchins , and printed by Hugh Gaine of New York ...
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... edition of 1823 appear Thomas Jefferson's words " that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards re- dressing wrong ; that it multiplies instead of indemnify- ing losses . " " A pacific people will naturally insure a pacific ...
... edition of 1823 appear Thomas Jefferson's words " that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards re- dressing wrong ; that it multiplies instead of indemnify- ing losses . " " A pacific people will naturally insure a pacific ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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