 We had been shown numberless skeletons of a kind of little fly, called an ephemera, whose successive generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf who appeared to be engaged in conversation.  Poor Richard's Almanac - Trang 121bởi Benjamin Franklin - 1900 - 132 trangXem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 249 trang
...GOOD CONSCIENCE. THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE TO MADAME BEILLON, OF PASSY WRITTEN IN 1778 You may remember, my dear, friend, that when we lately...generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf who appeared to be engaged in conversation.... | |
 | 1914 - 508 trang
...Macmillan Company.] THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE TO MADAME BRILLON, OF PASSY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN You may remember, my dear friend, that when we lately...generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf, who appeared to be engaged in conversation.... | |
 | Adaline May Conway - 1914 - 127 trang
...friend, that when we spent that happy day in the delightful garden and sweet society of theMoulin Joli, I stopped a little in one of our walks, and stayed...of a kind of little fly, called an ephemera, whose sucessive generations, we were told, were bred and expired within a day. I happened to see a living... | |
 | Adaline May Conway - 1914 - 127 trang
...become its chief charms. "To Madame Brillon, of Passy. You may remember, my dear friend, that when we spent that happy day in the delightful garden and sweet society of theMoulin Joli, I stopped a little in one of our walks, and stayed some time behind the company. We... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 465 trang
...RICHARD SAUNDERS. July 7, 1757THE EPHEMERA AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE To Madame Brillon, of Passy You may remember, my dear friend, that when we lately...generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf, who appeared to be engaged in conversation.... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 737 trang
...RICHARD SAUNDERS. July 7, 1757THE EPHEMERA . AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE To Madame Brillon, of Passy You may remember, my dear friend, that when we lately...generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf, who appeared to be engaged in conversation.... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917
...ourselves! THE EPHEMERA; AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE LETTER TO MADAME BRILLON OF PASSY, WRITTEN IN 1778 You may remember, my dear friend, that when we lately...generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf, who appeared to be engaged in conversation.... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 693 trang
...is characteristic of bis general temper. THE EPHEMERA An Emblem of Human Life BENJAMIN FRANKLIN You may remember, my dear friend, that when we lately...generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf, who appeared to be engaged in conversation.... | |
 | Sydney George Fisher - 1926 - 381 trang
...which was really a little essay afterwards known as the " Ephemera," and very popular in France. " You may remember, my dear friend, that when we lately...generations, we were told, were bred and expired within the day. I happened to see a living company of them on a leaf, who appeared to be engaged in conversation.... | |
 | Claude-Anne Lopez - 1990 - 404 trang
...skill than the essayist, and with a lighter touch than the French scientist, he retold the story: You may remember, my dear Friend, that when we lately...delightful Garden and sweet Society of the Moulin Joli, I stopt a little in one of our Walks, and staid some time behind the Company. We had been shown... | |
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