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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... effect , historic crime and punish- And there is a sense in which they were right . There is a sense in which there is literal truth in the famous epigram of Horace Walpole : ment . Sarcastic Sawney , swoll'n with spite and prate , On ...
... effect , historic crime and punish- And there is a sense in which they were right . There is a sense in which there is literal truth in the famous epigram of Horace Walpole : ment . Sarcastic Sawney , swoll'n with spite and prate , On ...
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... effect of the hard- ships then undergone . As to the situation there , it was fairly irretrievable , and he reported to that effect . Two pieces of good news gladdened his heart on getting back . The first was that a plenti- ful supply ...
... effect of the hard- ships then undergone . As to the situation there , it was fairly irretrievable , and he reported to that effect . Two pieces of good news gladdened his heart on getting back . The first was that a plenti- ful supply ...
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... effect which their own want of organisation was likely to have in keeping them weak , in spite of vitality and a stubborn purpose to be free . Of course they entered upon the war with scarce a vestige of that material provision which is ...
... effect which their own want of organisation was likely to have in keeping them weak , in spite of vitality and a stubborn purpose to be free . Of course they entered upon the war with scarce a vestige of that material provision which is ...
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