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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... once did Temple Franklin publicly take notice of these public attacks , and then he chose ( in 1807 ) , as the platform on which to defend him- self , the pages of an exquisitely obscure English print , published in Paris . If feeling ...
... once did Temple Franklin publicly take notice of these public attacks , and then he chose ( in 1807 ) , as the platform on which to defend him- self , the pages of an exquisitely obscure English print , published in Paris . If feeling ...
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... once during the first part of the century , but no responsible politician had ever deigned to take it seriously . In recent years , how- ever , several circumstances had co - operated in disposing statesmen to accord more respectful ...
... once during the first part of the century , but no responsible politician had ever deigned to take it seriously . In recent years , how- ever , several circumstances had co - operated in disposing statesmen to accord more respectful ...
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... once his only means of subsistence and his one influential ally . I cannot sing here the Iliad of the woes of Silas Deane ; a good man not heroically strong , who was marooned on a populous strange continent , the unsalaried ...
... once his only means of subsistence and his one influential ally . I cannot sing here the Iliad of the woes of Silas Deane ; a good man not heroically strong , who was marooned on a populous strange continent , the unsalaried ...
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