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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... considered as an excommunicate , and had so many little pieces of private mischief done me , by mixing my sorts , transposing my pages , breaking my matter , etc. , etc. , if I were ever so little out of the room , and all ascribed to ...
... considered as an excommunicate , and had so many little pieces of private mischief done me , by mixing my sorts , transposing my pages , breaking my matter , etc. , etc. , if I were ever so little out of the room , and all ascribed to ...
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... approv'd of it . My allegation on the con- trary , that it met with such approbation as to leave no doubt of our being able to raise two thousand pounds by voluntary donations , they considered as a most 146 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... approv'd of it . My allegation on the con- trary , that it met with such approbation as to leave no doubt of our being able to raise two thousand pounds by voluntary donations , they considered as a most 146 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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... considered , was fast creating a new America , an America very full of anti - British feeling . This was very unlike that land as he had known it , and the change was to him sincerely regrettable . It was also a menace ; for it might ...
... considered , was fast creating a new America , an America very full of anti - British feeling . This was very unlike that land as he had known it , and the change was to him sincerely regrettable . It was also a menace ; for it might ...
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