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" My present friends are the children and grandchildren of the friends of my youth, who are now, alas, no more ! And I must soon follow them; for by the course of nature, though still in health, I cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer.... "
Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices ... - Page 111
by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855
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The New-York magazine; or, Literary repository, Volume 3

1792 - 822 pages
...labour in aniaffing honey-dew on this leaf, which Icannot live toenjoy 1 What, the political ftruggles I have been engaged in, for the good of my compatriot inhabitants of this bum, or my philcfophical ftudies for the benefit of our race in general ! for in politics (what csn...
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Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...feven or eight Cf minutes longer. What now avails all " my toil and labour, in amaffing honey18 dew on this leaf, which I cannot live '* to enjoy ! What the political ftruggles ** I have been engaged in, for the good "of " of my compatriot inhabitants of this " bufh,...
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The complete works ... of ... Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer. What now avails all my toil and labour, in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot...studies, for the benefit of our race in general! for in politics (what can laws do without morals:) our present race of ephemerae will in a course of minutes...
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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the ..., Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer. What now avails all my toil and labour, in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot...struggles I have been engaged in, for the good of my corn-patriot inhabitants of this bush, or my philosophical studies, for the benefit of our race in...
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The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer. What now avails all my toil and labour, in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot...struggles I have been engaged in, for the good of my corn-patriot inhabitants of this bush, or my philosophical studies, for the benefit of our race in...
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A manual of essays, selected from various authors, Volume 2

Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...above seven or eight roi" nutes longer. What now avails all my toil " and labour, in amassing honey dew on this leaf, " which I cannot live to enjoy! What...for the benefit of our •" race in general ! For in politics (what can huvs " do without morals?) our present race of ephe" meraj will in the course of...
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Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Memoirs of His Early Life

Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...though still in health, I cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes- longer. What now avails all my toil and labor, in amassing honey-dew on this...philosophical studies for the benefit of our race in- general 1 for in pohtics (what can laws do without morals ?) our pre-- sent race of ephemera will in a course...
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The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 196 pages
...cannot expect to live above seven or eight minuies longer. What now avails all my toil and labour, in amassing honey.dew on this leaf, which I cannot...struggles I have been engaged in, for the good of my com. patriot inhabitants of this bush, or my philosophical studies, for the benefit of our race in...
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The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 190 pages
...all my toil and labour, in amazing honey dew on this leaf, which I cannot live to enjoy ! What tv.e political struggles I have been engaged in, for the good of my com patriot inhabitants of this bush, or my philosophical studies, for the benefit of our race in general...
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Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ...

Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer : what now avails all my toil and labour, in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot...studies for the benefit of our race in general .' for in politics (what can laws do without morals ?), our present race of Ephemera will, in a course of minutes,...
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