Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin..., Volumen3H. Colburn, 1833 |
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... imagine , that perhaps it is not so much that the goods are grown dear , as that the money is grown cheap , as every thing else will do when ex- cessively plenty ; and that people are still as easy nearly in their circumstances as when ...
... imagine , that perhaps it is not so much that the goods are grown dear , as that the money is grown cheap , as every thing else will do when ex- cessively plenty ; and that people are still as easy nearly in their circumstances as when ...
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... imagine the height to which may be carried in a thousand years the power of man over matter ; we may per- haps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity , and give them absolute levity , for the sake of easy transport . Agriculture ...
... imagine the height to which may be carried in a thousand years the power of man over matter ; we may per- haps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity , and give them absolute levity , for the sake of easy transport . Agriculture ...
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... imagine , is to be found only in rendering all places unprofitable , and the king too poor to give bribes and pensions . Till this is done , which can only be by a revolution , ( and I think you have not virtue enough left to procure ...
... imagine , is to be found only in rendering all places unprofitable , and the king too poor to give bribes and pensions . Till this is done , which can only be by a revolution , ( and I think you have not virtue enough left to procure ...
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... imagine that in the laws to be made for levying parish taxes this matter may be regulated to their contentment . I am very sensible of the honor done me by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in choosing me one of their members ...
... imagine that in the laws to be made for levying parish taxes this matter may be regulated to their contentment . I am very sensible of the honor done me by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in choosing me one of their members ...
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... 300 louis per annum , being what I saw had been allowed by congress to the secretary of Mr. William Lee , who could not have had , I imagine , a fourth part of the business to go through ; since my 106 PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
... 300 louis per annum , being what I saw had been allowed by congress to the secretary of Mr. William Lee , who could not have had , I imagine , a fourth part of the business to go through ; since my 106 PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
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