| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 292 pages
...foundation for that opinion ; since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary, that gives light to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably toward the ocean at the end of the earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters... | |
| 1842 - 194 pages
...race, who lived and ' flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours : and...declined considerably towards the ocean at the end of the earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...and flourished long hefore my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself suhsist more than eighteen hours : and I think there was some foundation for that opinion ; since, hy the apparent motion of the great luminary, that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 pages
...and flourished long hefore my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Jo/?/, could not itself suhsist more than eighteen hours : and I think there was some foundation for that opinion ; since, hy the apparent motion of the great luminary, that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesman - 1848 - 312 pages
...our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours : and...there was some foundation for that opinion ; since, by ttie apparent motion of the great luminary, that gives life to all nature, and which in my time, has... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesman - 1848 - 292 pages
...our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, lhat this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours : and I think there was soms foundation for that opinion ; since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary, that gives... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1849 - 322 pages
...our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours: and I...which in my time has evidently declined considerably to • wards the ocean at the end of the earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in... | |
| John Stanley (printer.) - Statesmen - 1849 - 178 pages
...our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and...the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives light to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably towards the ocean at... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours; and I...evidently declined considerably towards the ocean et the end of our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours : and...which in my time has evidently declined considerably toward the ocean at the end of the earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters... | |
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