The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinHarcourt, Brace, 1926 - 218 páginas |
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... profitable course in applied ethics . At the age of twenty - seven he began the study of languages , and in succession acquired a reading knowledge of French , Italian , and Spanish . Finally , in the way of technical and deliberately ...
... profitable course in applied ethics . At the age of twenty - seven he began the study of languages , and in succession acquired a reading knowledge of French , Italian , and Spanish . Finally , in the way of technical and deliberately ...
Página 63
... cargo of flour and bread , etc. , to the West Indies , and pro- cure me commissions from others which would be profitable ; and , if I manag'd well , would establish me handsomely . The thing pleas'd me ; for I FIRST YEARS IN LONDON 63.
... cargo of flour and bread , etc. , to the West Indies , and pro- cure me commissions from others which would be profitable ; and , if I manag'd well , would establish me handsomely . The thing pleas'd me ; for I FIRST YEARS IN LONDON 63.
Página 80
... profitable to him ; I therefore thought a good paper would scarcely fail of good en- couragement . I requested Webb not to mention it ; but he told it to Keimer , who immediately , to be beforehand with me , published proposals for ...
... profitable to him ; I therefore thought a good paper would scarcely fail of good en- couragement . I requested Webb not to mention it ; but he told it to Keimer , who immediately , to be beforehand with me , published proposals for ...
Página 81
... profitable to me . I perceive that I am apt to speak in the singular number , though our partnership still continu'd ; the reason may be that , in fact , the whole management of the business lay upon me . Meredith was no compositor , a ...
... profitable to me . I perceive that I am apt to speak in the singular number , though our partnership still continu'd ; the reason may be that , in fact , the whole management of the business lay upon me . Meredith was no compositor , a ...
Página 85
... profitable jobb and a great help to me . This was another advantage gain'd by my being able to write . The utility of this currency became by time and experience so evident as never afterwards to be much disputed ; so that it grew soon ...
... profitable jobb and a great help to me . This was another advantage gain'd by my being able to write . The utility of this currency became by time and experience so evident as never afterwards to be much disputed ; so that it grew soon ...
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