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 44
... common diet for that , and that for the common , abruptly , without the least in- convenience , so that I think there is little in the advice of making those changes by easy gradations . I went on pleasantly , but poor Keimer suffered ...
... common diet for that , and that for the common , abruptly , without the least in- convenience , so that I think there is little in the advice of making those changes by easy gradations . I went on pleasantly , but poor Keimer suffered ...
Página 93
... common school - books . Those who lov'd read- ing were oblig'd to send for their books from England ; the members of the Junto had each a few . We had left the alehouse , where we first met , and hired a room to hold our club in . I ...
... common school - books . Those who lov'd read- ing were oblig'd to send for their books from England ; the members of the Junto had each a few . We had left the alehouse , where we first met , and hired a room to hold our club in . I ...
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... common stock , eat at common tables , and slept in common dormitories , great numbers together . In the dormitories I ob- served loopholes , at certain distances all along just under the ceiling , which I thought judiciously placed for ...
... common stock , eat at common tables , and slept in common dormitories , great numbers together . In the dormitories I ob- served loopholes , at certain distances all along just under the ceiling , which I thought judiciously placed for ...
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