Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - 267 pages |
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... pleasure , instead of an aid become an incumbrance , and anfwer none of the intentions for which they were given , it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them . Death is that way . We ...
... pleasure , instead of an aid become an incumbrance , and anfwer none of the intentions for which they were given , it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them . Death is that way . We ...
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... pleasure , and hope it will be duly regarded . Such writings , though they may be lightly paffed over by many readers , yet , if they make a deep im- preffion on one active mind in a hun- dred , the effects may be confiderable . Permit ...
... pleasure , and hope it will be duly regarded . Such writings , though they may be lightly paffed over by many readers , yet , if they make a deep im- preffion on one active mind in a hun- dred , the effects may be confiderable . Permit ...
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... pleasure . This however was afterwards of ufe to me , the impreffion continuing on my mind ; fo that often , when I was tempted to buy some unneceffary thing , I faid to myself , Don't give too much for the whistle ; and fo I faved my ...
... pleasure . This however was afterwards of ufe to me , the impreffion continuing on my mind ; fo that often , when I was tempted to buy some unneceffary thing , I faid to myself , Don't give too much for the whistle ; and fo I faved my ...
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... pleasure , fa- crificing every laudable improvement of the mind , or of his fortune , to mere corporeal fenfations ; Miftaken man , fays I , you are providing pain for yourself , instead of pleasure : you give too much for your whistle ...
... pleasure , fa- crificing every laudable improvement of the mind , or of his fortune , to mere corporeal fenfations ; Miftaken man , fays I , you are providing pain for yourself , instead of pleasure : you give too much for your whistle ...
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... are continually discontented themselves , and , by their re- marks , four the pleasures of fociety ; offend perfonally many people , and make them- felves every where difagreeable . If this turn of mind felves 22 ESSAYS .
... are continually discontented themselves , and , by their re- marks , four the pleasures of fociety ; offend perfonally many people , and make them- felves every where difagreeable . If this turn of mind felves 22 ESSAYS .
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