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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... called ' Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One . " This had an immense success at the time , and was at once so matterful and so spirited in com- position that Franklin himself was very well pleased to have been the author of ...
... called ' Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One . " This had an immense success at the time , and was at once so matterful and so spirited in com- position that Franklin himself was very well pleased to have been the author of ...
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... called a Man - of- Letters : this Man of Three Letters ! " This classical allusion , by which he publicly called Franklin a Thief in the presence of half the political and social power of England - it was reckoned the intellectual ...
... called a Man - of- Letters : this Man of Three Letters ! " This classical allusion , by which he publicly called Franklin a Thief in the presence of half the political and social power of England - it was reckoned the intellectual ...
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... called ) fell ; which means that the king was compelled to dismiss his sorely - tried favourites and to resign the government of the country into the hands of statesmen . The men who were now called to power , and who really had a ...
... called ) fell ; which means that the king was compelled to dismiss his sorely - tried favourites and to resign the government of the country into the hands of statesmen . The men who were now called to power , and who really had a ...
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