Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1916 - 314 páginas |
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... soon had plenty to think about ; for the difficult and troublous course of the public business with which he was presently The edition of 1905 issued by the present publishers , and from whose text this is reprinted . connected was ...
... soon had plenty to think about ; for the difficult and troublous course of the public business with which he was presently The edition of 1905 issued by the present publishers , and from whose text this is reprinted . connected was ...
Página xviii
... , and not till then , that Temple Franklin set about , in earnest , the business which had brought him to Europe nearly thirty years earlier . He died soon afterwards . A word , finally , regarding my own contribution to xviii INTRODUCTION.
... , and not till then , that Temple Franklin set about , in earnest , the business which had brought him to Europe nearly thirty years earlier . He died soon afterwards . A word , finally , regarding my own contribution to xviii INTRODUCTION.
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... soon , but I failed in the arithmetic , and made no progress in it . At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business , which was that of a tallow - chandler and sope - boiler ; a business he was not bred to , but ...
... soon , but I failed in the arithmetic , and made no progress in it . At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business , which was that of a tallow - chandler and sope - boiler ; a business he was not bred to , but ...
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... soon and clean . Often I sat up in my room read- ing the greatest part of the night , when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning , lest it should be missed or wanted . And after some time an ...
... soon and clean . Often I sat up in my room read- ing the greatest part of the night , when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning , lest it should be missed or wanted . And after some time an ...
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... the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method ; and soon after I procur'd Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates , wherein there are A many instances of the same method . I was charm'd 20 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method ; and soon after I procur'd Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates , wherein there are A many instances of the same method . I was charm'd 20 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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