 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 - 280 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.... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1914 - 542 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 - 140 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 - 144 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 - 798 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 - 760 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 - 816 trang
...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 - 720 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 - 446 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.... | |
 | Manuel Komroff - 1928 - 506 trang
...had sense enough to resolve — that the demand be rejected. THE EPHEMERA An Emblem of Human Life 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.... | |
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