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Page 69
... tell me , " he cries , " a bargain is a bargain . You should have looked to that before . I can't help it now . " If there is any one key to the personality of Benjamin Franklin we believe it is found in one of the last para- Portrait ...
... tell me , " he cries , " a bargain is a bargain . You should have looked to that before . I can't help it now . " If there is any one key to the personality of Benjamin Franklin we believe it is found in one of the last para- Portrait ...
Page 170
... tell you that successful weather forecasting over 48 hours ahead is not as yet possible . The Old Farm- er's Almanac and its venerable Old " Abe Weather- wise , " in its ten new regional forecasts for all of the U.S.A. , knows this to ...
... tell you that successful weather forecasting over 48 hours ahead is not as yet possible . The Old Farm- er's Almanac and its venerable Old " Abe Weather- wise , " in its ten new regional forecasts for all of the U.S.A. , knows this to ...
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... tell his rustic neighbours how thick he was with His Excel- lency . To add to his importance he once invited the Governor to call upon him at Deerfield , on his way into the country ; and the Governor promised to do so . The captain ...
... tell his rustic neighbours how thick he was with His Excel- lency . To add to his importance he once invited the Governor to call upon him at Deerfield , on his way into the country ; and the Governor promised to do so . The captain ...
Contents
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY | 29 |
BEN FRANKLIN AND POOR RICHARD | 68 |
WHAT DID THEY SAY? | 133 |
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