Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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... tion of merchants ' goods . The hour of the sale not being come , they were conversing on the bad- ness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain , clean old man , with white locks , " Pray , Father Abraham , what think ...
... tion of merchants ' goods . The hour of the sale not being come , they were conversing on the bad- ness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain , clean old man , with white locks , " Pray , Father Abraham , what think ...
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... tion of mind , abstract from virtue , we shall soon see the disconnexion between that and true , solid happiness . It is of the very essence , for instance , of envy to be uneasy and disquieted . Pride meets with provocations and ...
... tion of mind , abstract from virtue , we shall soon see the disconnexion between that and true , solid happiness . It is of the very essence , for instance , of envy to be uneasy and disquieted . Pride meets with provocations and ...
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... tion of this man ; but , on an occasion quite contra- ry , he in the following manner exhorted Charmidas to take an employment . " He was a man of sense , and more deserving than most others in the same post ; but , as he was of a ...
... tion of this man ; but , on an occasion quite contra- ry , he in the following manner exhorted Charmidas to take an employment . " He was a man of sense , and more deserving than most others in the same post ; but , as he was of a ...
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... tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that habit , till at length the temptation has no force or entirely vanishes ; does it follow from thence that , in our ...
... tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that habit , till at length the temptation has no force or entirely vanishes ; does it follow from thence that , in our ...
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... tion of time , the motions , magnitudes , and distances of the heavenly bodies , their situations , positions , risings , settings , aspects , and eclipses ; also the measure of seasons , of years , and of ages . It is by the assistance ...
... tion of time , the motions , magnitudes , and distances of the heavenly bodies , their situations , positions , risings , settings , aspects , and eclipses ; also the measure of seasons , of years , and of ages . It is by the assistance ...
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