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Page 133
... give a clyster every day , till the patient has two or three stools , and to appease the pain and stop excessive vomiting , give 10 drops of laudanum in a little broth every six hours . For the Yellow Jaundice Take an ounce of Castile ...
... give a clyster every day , till the patient has two or three stools , and to appease the pain and stop excessive vomiting , give 10 drops of laudanum in a little broth every six hours . For the Yellow Jaundice Take an ounce of Castile ...
Page 145
... give a sort of translation of it , thus : Here I come ! here I come . Charly , Charly , Charly ! What , what , what ? Going to plant ? going to plant ? Scratchem , Scratchem , scratchem ! Whew ! hah , hah ! Then away he flies to some ...
... give a sort of translation of it , thus : Here I come ! here I come . Charly , Charly , Charly ! What , what , what ? Going to plant ? going to plant ? Scratchem , Scratchem , scratchem ! Whew ! hah , hah ! Then away he flies to some ...
Page 170
... give the impression that I believe in my own or other pre- dictions . " Man , " as the Almanac has said in its Note to Patrons for years and years " proposes , God disposes . " At the present writing , anyone who has studied meteorology ...
... give the impression that I believe in my own or other pre- dictions . " Man , " as the Almanac has said in its Note to Patrons for years and years " proposes , God disposes . " At the present writing , anyone who has studied meteorology ...
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FROM THE BEGINNING | 10 |
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 30 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
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