AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN |
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My time for these exercises anil for reading was at night, after work or before it began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house alone, evading as much as I could the common attendance on public ...
My time for these exercises anil for reading was at night, after work or before it began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house alone, evading as much as I could the common attendance on public ...
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Franklin found employment as a printer ; made a few friends ; went to London on a fool's errand ; walked the streets of the great city in search of work, and finally found it in a large printing- house ; fell into evil company, ...
Franklin found employment as a printer ; made a few friends ; went to London on a fool's errand ; walked the streets of the great city in search of work, and finally found it in a large printing- house ; fell into evil company, ...
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I was informed he wrote several small occasional works, but only one of them was printed, which I remember to have seen several years since. It was written in 1675. It was in familiar verse, according to the taste of the times and ...
I was informed he wrote several small occasional works, but only one of them was printed, which I remember to have seen several years since. It was written in 1675. It was in familiar verse, according to the taste of the times and ...
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After gome time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection of books, frequented our printing-office, took notice of me, and invited me to see his library and very kindly proposed to loan me ...
After gome time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection of books, frequented our printing-office, took notice of me, and invited me to see his library and very kindly proposed to loan me ...
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... the advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing (which he attributed to the printing-house), I fell far short in elegance of expression, in method, and in perspicuity, of which he convinced me by several instances.
... the advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing (which he attributed to the printing-house), I fell far short in elegance of expression, in method, and in perspicuity, of which he convinced me by several instances.
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