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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... importance to others . What follows was written many years after in compliance with the advice contain'd in these letters , and accordingly intended for the public . The affairs of the Revolution occasion'd the inter- ruption . Letter ...
... importance to others . What follows was written many years after in compliance with the advice contain'd in these letters , and accordingly intended for the public . The affairs of the Revolution occasion'd the inter- ruption . Letter ...
Página 292
... importance , of other men . On that account he was jealous of Washington , of Hamilton , and of Franklin ; and years after all three were dead he But would become almost furious at the mention of their names 292 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... importance , of other men . On that account he was jealous of Washington , of Hamilton , and of Franklin ; and years after all three were dead he But would become almost furious at the mention of their names 292 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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... importance -which says that , " The whole tenor of his life shows him to have been a man of no delicate sense of honour , " and that " in what he believed to be a good cause he could be unscrupulous in his choice of means . " I am not ...
... importance -which says that , " The whole tenor of his life shows him to have been a man of no delicate sense of honour , " and that " in what he believed to be a good cause he could be unscrupulous in his choice of means . " I am not ...
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