The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary : with His Life |
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... Thoughts on Commercial Subjects American White - washing Answer to the Above Final Speech of Dr. Franklin in the late Fede- ral Convention Preference of Bows and Arrows in War to Fire - Arms On the Theory of the Earth Loose Thoughts on ...
... Thoughts on Commercial Subjects American White - washing Answer to the Above Final Speech of Dr. Franklin in the late Fede- ral Convention Preference of Bows and Arrows in War to Fire - Arms On the Theory of the Earth Loose Thoughts on ...
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... thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point , and as we were not to see each other again for some time , I committed my thoughts to ...
... thought myself vanquished , more by his volubility than by the force of his arguments . We separated without coming to an agreement upon this point , and as we were not to see each other again for some time , I committed my thoughts to ...
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... thought at length , as it was in the original , employ- ing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived some faults , which I corrected but I found that I ...
... thought at length , as it was in the original , employ- ing the most appropriate words that occurred to my mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived some faults , which I corrected but I found that I ...
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... thought himself entitled to the same services from me as from any other person . On the contrary , I con- ceived that , in many instances , he was too rigorous , and that , on the part of a brother , I had a right to expect greater ...
... thought himself entitled to the same services from me as from any other person . On the contrary , I con- ceived that , in many instances , he was too rigorous , and that , on the part of a brother , I had a right to expect greater ...
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... thought it better that it should in future be printed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ; and , to avoid the cen- sure of the Assembly , who might charge him with still printing the paper himself , under the name of his apprentice , it ...
... thought it better that it should in future be printed in the name of Benjamin Franklin ; and , to avoid the cen- sure of the Assembly , who might charge him with still printing the paper himself , under the name of his apprentice , it ...
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