Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen 2Harper & Brothers, 1839 |
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... pleasure is pleasure . If we can sleep without dreaming , it is well that painful dreams are avoid- ed . If , while we sleep , we can have any pleasing dreams , it is , as the French say , autant de gagné , so much added to the pleasure ...
... pleasure is pleasure . If we can sleep without dreaming , it is well that painful dreams are avoid- ed . If , while we sleep , we can have any pleasing dreams , it is , as the French say , autant de gagné , so much added to the pleasure ...
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... pleasure , sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind or of his fortune to mere corporeal sensations , and ruining his health in their pursuit , Mistaken man , said I , you are providing pain for yourself instead of pleasure ...
... pleasure , sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind or of his fortune to mere corporeal sensations , and ruining his health in their pursuit , Mistaken man , said I , you are providing pain for yourself instead of pleasure ...
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... pleasure , to assist us in acquiring knowledge , or doing good to our fellow - creatures , is a kind and benevolent act of God . When they become unfit for these purposes , and afford us pain instead of pleasure , instead of an aid ...
... pleasure , to assist us in acquiring knowledge , or doing good to our fellow - creatures , is a kind and benevolent act of God . When they become unfit for these purposes , and afford us pain instead of pleasure , instead of an aid ...
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acquainted affectionately America appear assemblée des notables become body called cause centrifugal force clouds cold conductors continue David Hartley dear friend degree descending earth earthquakes endeavour England equal esteem farther favour fire fluid force Francis Hopkinson FRANKLIN give Glaucon globe gout hand happiness heat Hence honour hope imagine kind letter king king's counsel labour land late leave less light live Lord Kames Marquis de Lafayette matter ment mind motion nation nature necessary never obliged observed occasion opinion paper Parliament particles pass Passy perhaps person Philadelphia Philosophical pleased pleasure Poor Richard says present punishment pyrites quantity reason received rising river salt Socrates soon spiracles spout Star Chamber suppose surface things thought tion vapour virtue warm whirl whirlwind whole wind wish write