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Benjamin Franklin. our bodies fit for it , the presumption is in nature's favour , that she has not judged amiss in making us desire it . Late marriages are often attended , too , with this farther inconvenience , that there is not the ...
Benjamin Franklin. our bodies fit for it , the presumption is in nature's favour , that she has not judged amiss in making us desire it . Late marriages are often attended , too , with this farther inconvenience , that there is not the ...
Page 102
... favours , sacrificing his time in attendance on levees , his repose , his liberty , his virtue , and perhaps his friends , to attain it , I have said to myself , " This man gives too much for his whistle . " When I saw another fond of ...
... favours , sacrificing his time in attendance on levees , his repose , his liberty , his virtue , and perhaps his friends , to attain it , I have said to myself , " This man gives too much for his whistle . " When I saw another fond of ...
Page 107
... favour their pretensions . If they incur public censure or disgrace , no one will defend or excuse , and many join to aggravate their misconduct , and render them completely odious . If these people will not change this bad habit , and ...
... favour their pretensions . If they incur public censure or disgrace , no one will defend or excuse , and many join to aggravate their misconduct , and render them completely odious . If these people will not change this bad habit , and ...
Page 110
... favour- able change , and that of persevering in the search of resources . The game is so full of events , there is such a variety of turns in it , the fortune of it is so subject to sudden vicissitudes , and one so fre- quently , after ...
... favour- able change , and that of persevering in the search of resources . The game is so full of events , there is such a variety of turns in it , the fortune of it is so subject to sudden vicissitudes , and one so fre- quently , after ...
Page 112
... favour . " Seventhly , if you are a spectator while others play , observe the most perfect silence . For if you give advice , you offend both parties , him against whom you give it , because it may cause the loss of his game ; him in ...
... favour . " Seventhly , if you are a spectator while others play , observe the most perfect silence . For if you give advice , you offend both parties , him against whom you give it , because it may cause the loss of his game ; him in ...
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