Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Company, 1910 - 314 pages |
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... seems to have been a man worth living to know . Him he invested with the powers of an Envoy- plenipotentiary , to ... seem to me beyond their value to an American . " To a good American , certainly not ; though doubtless there are ...
... seems to have been a man worth living to know . Him he invested with the powers of an Envoy- plenipotentiary , to ... seem to me beyond their value to an American . " To a good American , certainly not ; though doubtless there are ...
Page 38
... seems not to know much of the world , or of the snares youth is expos'd to ; depend upon it , those are very bad women ; I can see it in all their actions ; and if thee art not upon thy 21 } $ } guard , they will draw thee 38 BENJAMIN ...
... seems not to know much of the world , or of the snares youth is expos'd to ; depend upon it , those are very bad women ; I can see it in all their actions ; and if thee art not upon thy 21 } $ } guard , they will draw thee 38 BENJAMIN ...
Page 225
... seems to have been a little theat- rical manœuvre by which the Council " saved its face , " as the modern diplomatic ... seem that to Franklin , in a degree , we are indebted for the addition of Canada to the British Empire . He shared ...
... seems to have been a little theat- rical manœuvre by which the Council " saved its face , " as the modern diplomatic ... seem that to Franklin , in a degree , we are indebted for the addition of Canada to the British Empire . He shared ...
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