Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator |
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... do you ; we dry him if he is " wet , we warm him if he is cold , and give him " meat and drink , that he may allay his thirst " and hunger ; and we fpread foft furs for him " to reft and fleep on : we demand nothing in " return " .
... do you ; we dry him if he is " wet , we warm him if he is cold , and give him " meat and drink , that he may allay his thirst " and hunger ; and we fpread foft furs for him " to reft and fleep on : we demand nothing in " return " .
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| Title | Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator Eighteenth century collections online |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
| Publisher | P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 14 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 303 pages |
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