Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1916 - 314 páginas |
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... it is to have more . And even of its history as a manu- script , we shall find , there is something further to tell when the last word seems to have been said . Seldom has an unpublished book been expected with so intense ix INTRODUCTION.
... it is to have more . And even of its history as a manu- script , we shall find , there is something further to tell when the last word seems to have been said . Seldom has an unpublished book been expected with so intense ix INTRODUCTION.
Página xi
... word used to describe the conduct of this young man ; and even when , at the end of time ( i.e. in 1817 ) it was announced that the edition was at last about to appear , the true Franklinians of France would not believe that there was ...
... word used to describe the conduct of this young man ; and even when , at the end of time ( i.e. in 1817 ) it was announced that the edition was at last about to appear , the true Franklinians of France would not believe that there was ...
Página xii
... words need an explanation , for which we must turn back a little . I have already referred to the anxiety of the legatee in regard to the evil uses that might be made of the copy which had been given to M. le Veillard in September 1789 ...
... words need an explanation , for which we must turn back a little . I have already referred to the anxiety of the legatee in regard to the evil uses that might be made of the copy which had been given to M. le Veillard in September 1789 ...
Página xiii
... word of the Autobiography that Benjamin Franklin wrote , and no words but his own . So the world really thought for a space of fifty years ; and then there was made that discovery which it is the business of this Preface to make common ...
... word of the Autobiography that Benjamin Franklin wrote , and no words but his own . So the world really thought for a space of fifty years ; and then there was made that discovery which it is the business of this Preface to make common ...
Página xiv
... word , the Messieurs de Senarmont had been waiting for a purchaser of the heirlooms at 25,000 francs . " A large price , it is true , " says Mr. Bigelow , " but a price that did not seem to me beyond their value to an American . " To a ...
... word , the Messieurs de Senarmont had been waiting for a purchaser of the heirlooms at 25,000 francs . " A large price , it is true , " says Mr. Bigelow , " but a price that did not seem to me beyond their value to an American . " To a ...
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