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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... wrote to him . At length , an incident happened that sent me back again much sooner than I had intended . I had a brother- in - law , Robert Holmes , master of a sloop that traded between Boston and Delaware . He being at New- castle ...
... wrote to him . At length , an incident happened that sent me back again much sooner than I had intended . I had a brother- in - law , Robert Holmes , master of a sloop that traded between Boston and Delaware . He being at New- castle ...
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... wrote for that purpose will be found among my / writings , when collected . I With respect to defense , Spain having been several years at war against Great Britain , and being at length join'd by France , which brought us into great ...
... wrote for that purpose will be found among my / writings , when collected . I With respect to defense , Spain having been several years at war against Great Britain , and being at length join'd by France , which brought us into great ...
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... wrote to Franklin with such urgency as it had seldom used . It was then that Washington himself wrote to Franklin , virtually saying that it now lay with him , away there in Passy , to save his country , if she was to be saved at all ...
... wrote to Franklin with such urgency as it had seldom used . It was then that Washington himself wrote to Franklin , virtually saying that it now lay with him , away there in Passy , to save his country , if she was to be saved at all ...
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