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" Taller tells us of a girl who was observed to grow suddenly proud, and none could guess the reason, till it came to be known that she had got on a pair of new silk garters. Lest you should be puzzled to guess the cause, when you observe any thing of the... "
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by Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1893 - 299 pages
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1838 - 632 pages
...observations with such accuracy as shall answer the end proposed." — EDITOR. VOL. VI. 21 N The Tatler tells us of a girl, who was observed to grow suddenly...should be puzzled to guess the cause, when you observe any thing of the kind in me, I think I will not hide my new garters under my petticoats, but take the...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 6

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 640 pages
...observations with such accuracy as shall answer the end proposed." — EDITOR. VOL. VI. 11 The Taller tells us of a girl, who was observed to grow suddenly...should be puzzled to guess the cause, when you observe any thing of the kind in me, I think I will not hide my new garters under my petticoats, but take the...
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The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the ..., Volume 2

John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson - United States - 1858 - 506 pages
...promised some Speltz, which I shall send by next Post. The Tatler tolls us of a Girl who was observ'd to grow suddenly proud, and none could guess the Reason,...on a pair of new Silk Garters. Lest you should be puzzel'd to guess the Cause, when yon observe anything of the kind in me, I think I will not hide my...
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Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

James Parton - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 668 pages
...not to take pleasure in his new fame. "The Tatier," he wrote in 1753, to one of his Boston friends, "tells us of a girl who was observed to grow suddenly...should be puzzled to guess the cause, when you observe any thing of the kind in me, I think I will not hide my new garters under my petticoats, but take the...
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Inventors

Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1895 - 330 pages
...kite with these words : " As frequent mention is made in public papers from Europe of the sticces's of the Philadelphia experiment for drawing the electric...when you observe anything of the kind in me, I think 1 will not hide my new garters under my petticoats, but take the freedom to show them to you in a paragraph...
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Inventors

Philip Gengembre Hubert - Inventors - 1896 - 344 pages
...himself had done with it. Yet he was far from hiding the pleasure his fame brought him. "The Taller," he wrote, in 1753, to a friend, " tells us of a girl...when you observe anything of the kind in me, I think 1 will not hide my new garters under my petticoats, but take the freedom to show them to you in a paragraph...
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The Many-Sided Franklin

Paul Leicester Ford - Literary Criticism - 1899 - 554 pages
..." for his " useful discoveries in electricity," he prefaced it with the story from the " Taller," " of a girl who was observed to grow suddenly proud,...should be puzzled to guess the cause, when you observe any thing of the kind in me, I think I will not hide my new garters under my petticoats, but take the...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1905 - 512 pages
...our friend, Mr. Collinson, and am promised some speltz, which I shall send per next post. The Taller tells us of a Girl, who was observed to grow suddenly proud, and none cou'd guess the Reason, till it came to be known that she had got on a new Pair of Garters. Lest you...
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The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1905 - 852 pages
...proud, and none cou'd guess the Reason, till it came to be known that she had got on a new Pair of Garters. Lest you should be puzzled to guess the Cause, when you observe any Thing of the kind in me, I think I will not hide my new Garters under my Petticoats, but take the...
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Benjamin Franklin, Self-revealed: A Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

William Cabell Bruce - Biography & Autobiography - 1917 - 560 pages
...gratification : The Taller tells us of a Girl, who was observed to grow suddenly proud, and none cou'd guess the Reason, till it came to be known that she had got on a new Pair of Garters. Lest you should be puzzled to guess the Cause, when you observe any Thing of the...
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