Autobiography [of] Benjamin FranklinJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1931 - 313 páginas Charming self-portrait covers boyhood, work as a printer, political career, scientific experiments, much more. Its openness, honesty, and readable style have made the "Autobiography" one of the great classics of the genre. |
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Página 159
... government , requested it might be a government of blacks , as then , if he could not agree with his people , he might sell them . One of his friends , who sat next to me , says , " Franklin , why do you continue to side with these damn ...
... government , requested it might be a government of blacks , as then , if he could not agree with his people , he might sell them . One of his friends , who sat next to me , says , " Franklin , why do you continue to side with these damn ...
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... Government towards America . It may be explained at once ( what Franklin did not know till later ) that they had been addressed to Mr William Whately , a member of Parliament , then lately deceased . At the time when the letters were ...
... Government towards America . It may be explained at once ( what Franklin did not know till later ) that they had been addressed to Mr William Whately , a member of Parliament , then lately deceased . At the time when the letters were ...
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... Government by the provocative attitude which he maintained . But our concern is with Franklin . The reading of these letters produced upon him an impression at first startling and painful , and yet in the end restora- tive and cheering ...
... Government by the provocative attitude which he maintained . But our concern is with Franklin . The reading of these letters produced upon him an impression at first startling and painful , and yet in the end restora- tive and cheering ...
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