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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... leave her on their hands , and never return again . Having taken leave of my friends , and interchang'd some promises with Miss Read , I left Philadelphia in the ship , which anchor'd at Newcastle . The governor was there ; but when I ...
... leave her on their hands , and never return again . Having taken leave of my friends , and interchang'd some promises with Miss Read , I left Philadelphia in the ship , which anchor'd at Newcastle . The governor was there ; but when I ...
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... leave to part , and then our ship quitted the fleet and steered for England . The other two paquets he still ... leave ; otherwise not ; for you must certainly sail the day after to - morrow . " So he never obtain'd leave , though ...
... leave to part , and then our ship quitted the fleet and steered for England . The other two paquets he still ... leave ; otherwise not ; for you must certainly sail the day after to - morrow . " So he never obtain'd leave , though ...
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... leave to return to America shortly after the preliminary treaty was achieved . Congress ignored his request , which was too reasonable a one for it to acknowledge and yet refuse . After the signing of the definitive treaty , he again ...
... leave to return to America shortly after the preliminary treaty was achieved . Congress ignored his request , which was too reasonable a one for it to acknowledge and yet refuse . After the signing of the definitive treaty , he again ...
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