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 109
... less contradiction ; I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong , and I more easily prevail'd with others to give up their mistakes and join with me when I happened to be in the right . E 316 109 And this mode , which ...
... less contradiction ; I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong , and I more easily prevail'd with others to give up their mistakes and join with me when I happened to be in the right . E 316 109 And this mode , which ...
Página 233
... less dangerous " —that is , less likely to succeed - employed in the hateful and fate- ful business . November 7 found Franklin setting out for Chester , on the Delaware , where he was to embark for England . A cavalcade of five hundred ...
... less dangerous " —that is , less likely to succeed - employed in the hateful and fate- ful business . November 7 found Franklin setting out for Chester , on the Delaware , where he was to embark for England . A cavalcade of five hundred ...
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... less cause for anger and less reason for despair than there had lately seemed to be , even to Franklin . His own vast patience had begun to feel the strain and the wear of those years ; and across the ocean English injustice , as it was ...
... less cause for anger and less reason for despair than there had lately seemed to be , even to Franklin . His own vast patience had begun to feel the strain and the wear of those years ; and across the ocean English injustice , as it was ...
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