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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... began to try their hands in little pieces . Many pleasant walks we four had together on Sundays into the woods , near Schuylkill , where we read to one another , and conferr'd on what we read . Ralph was inclin'd to pursue the study of ...
... began to try their hands in little pieces . Many pleasant walks we four had together on Sundays into the woods , near Schuylkill , where we read to one another , and conferr'd on what we read . Ralph was inclin'd to pursue the study of ...
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... began to rain , and it continued raining all day ; there were no habitations on the road to shelter us , till we arriv'd near night at the house of a German , where , and in his barn , we were all huddled together , as wet as water ...
... began to rain , and it continued raining all day ; there were no habitations on the road to shelter us , till we arriv'd near night at the house of a German , where , and in his barn , we were all huddled together , as wet as water ...
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... began to be effective on the accession of George the Third . About that time there also began to be felt a great need for new sources of revenue ; partly owing to the cost of the war , and partly because the territorial expansion which ...
... began to be effective on the accession of George the Third . About that time there also began to be felt a great need for new sources of revenue ; partly owing to the cost of the war , and partly because the territorial expansion which ...
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