AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN1901 |
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... pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny, described him as " a mus- ter of mischief," wlro knew " how to put in motion the engine of political electricity " ; and during the war, while Franklin was pressing the claims of the American patriots upon ...
... pamphlet Taxation no Tyranny, described him as " a mus- ter of mischief," wlro knew " how to put in motion the engine of political electricity " ; and during the war, while Franklin was pressing the claims of the American patriots upon ...
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... pamphlet to prove that there is no ground for believing in a future life, or in religion, which brought him to the notice of a group of sceptics. At twenty he was back in Philadelphia keeping books, setting type, and mending presses ...
... pamphlet to prove that there is no ground for believing in a future life, or in religion, which brought him to the notice of a group of sceptics. At twenty he was back in Philadelphia keeping books, setting type, and mending presses ...
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... pamphlet published in 1751 received attention throughout the scientific world, was translated in several languages, and won him an election to the Royal Society of London, and, later, a medal. He had proved that lightning and ...
... pamphlet published in 1751 received attention throughout the scientific world, was translated in several languages, and won him an election to the Royal Society of London, and, later, a medal. He had proved that lightning and ...
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... pamphlets poured from his active mind in an almost continuous stream. And this voluminous production was characterized in every form by transparent clearness, directness, simplicity, and humor. In 1771, during a visit to Twyford as the ...
... pamphlets poured from his active mind in an almost continuous stream. And this voluminous production was characterized in every form by transparent clearness, directness, simplicity, and humor. In 1771, during a visit to Twyford as the ...
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... pamphlets relating to public affairs from the year 1641 to 1717. Many of the volumes are wanting, as appears by their numbering; but there still remain eight volumes in folio and twenty in quarto and in octavo. A dealer in old books had ...
... pamphlets relating to public affairs from the year 1641 to 1717. Many of the volumes are wanting, as appears by their numbering; but there still remain eight volumes in folio and twenty in quarto and in octavo. A dealer in old books had ...
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