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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... 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 went to his lodging , the secretary came to me from him with ...
... 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 went to his lodging , the secretary came to me from him with ...
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... taken ill . My distemper was a pleurisy , which very nearly carried me off . I suffered a good deal , gave up the point in my mind , and was rather disappointed when I found myself recovering , regretting , in some degree , that I must ...
... taken ill . My distemper was a pleurisy , which very nearly carried me off . I suffered a good deal , gave up the point in my mind , and was rather disappointed when I found myself recovering , regretting , in some degree , that I must ...
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... taken by the whole of the American colonies ; and the place of the Proprietors , infatuated in their assertion of unjust and impossible prerogatives , is taken by our good King George the Third . The historic course of events which ...
... taken by the whole of the American colonies ; and the place of the Proprietors , infatuated in their assertion of unjust and impossible prerogatives , is taken by our good King George the Third . The historic course of events which ...
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