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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... young gentleman of a more modest age can but speak of ' having had an intrigue with a young woman of bad character . " Where Benjamin talks of “ footing it to London , " the politer Temple substitutes " walking . " A great many are of ...
... young gentleman of a more modest age can but speak of ' having had an intrigue with a young woman of bad character . " Where Benjamin talks of “ footing it to London , " the politer Temple substitutes " walking . " A great many are of ...
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... young women , which they appear'd to encourage , she took me aside , and said , " Young man , I am concern'd for thee , as thou has no friend with thee , and seems not to know much of the world , or of the snares youth is expos'd to ...
... young women , which they appear'd to encourage , she took me aside , and said , " Young man , I am concern'd for thee , as thou has no friend with thee , and seems not to know much of the world , or of the snares youth is expos'd to ...
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... young men , the young women , and the little children , each division by itself . The sermon I heard was to the latter , who came in and were plac'd in rows on benches ; the boys under the conduct of a young man , their tutor , and the ...
... young men , the young women , and the little children , each division by itself . The sermon I heard was to the latter , who came in and were plac'd in rows on benches ; the boys under the conduct of a young man , their tutor , and the ...
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