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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... things to see London , and become a player . At length , receiving his quarterly allowance of fifteen guineas ... thing daily . We never worked on Saturday , that being Keimer's Sabbath , so I had two days for reading . My acquaintance ...
... things to see London , and become a player . At length , receiving his quarterly allowance of fifteen guineas ... thing daily . We never worked on Saturday , that being Keimer's Sabbath , so I had two days for reading . My acquaintance ...
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... things that all men ought to have once explained to them , to give them a chance of becoming wise by foresight . The nearest thing to having experience of one's own , is to have other people's affairs brought before us in a shape that ...
... things that all men ought to have once explained to them , to give them a chance of becoming wise by foresight . The nearest thing to having experience of one's own , is to have other people's affairs brought before us in a shape that ...
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... things are true , honest , just , pure , lovely , or of good report , if there be any virtue , or any praise , think on these things . And I imagin'd , in a sermon on such a text , we could not miss of having some morality . But he ...
... things are true , honest , just , pure , lovely , or of good report , if there be any virtue , or any praise , think on these things . And I imagin'd , in a sermon on such a text , we could not miss of having some morality . But he ...
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