Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin FranklinJ. M. Dent & Company, 1910 - 314 páginas |
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... France it was confidently asserted , as early as 1791 , that the Memoirs were to be suppressed because the son and grandson of the great philosopher and statesman were ashamed of his humble beginnings and his homely style . This , of ...
... France it was confidently asserted , as early as 1791 , that the Memoirs were to be suppressed because the son and grandson of the great philosopher and statesman were ashamed of his humble beginnings and his homely style . This , of ...
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... France , and had been there from the beginning of the century at least . Not to give all his reasons for so thinking , I will mention two historical facts on which he based . First , it had been in France early in the century ; tor Sir ...
... France , and had been there from the beginning of the century at least . Not to give all his reasons for so thinking , I will mention two historical facts on which he based . First , it had been in France early in the century ; tor Sir ...
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... France , his authentic personal qualities secured for him in time , as longer acquaintance made them better known , a second privilege and ascendency as one who was an esteemed friend , and almost a col- league , rather than a foreign ...
... France , his authentic personal qualities secured for him in time , as longer acquaintance made them better known , a second privilege and ascendency as one who was an esteemed friend , and almost a col- league , rather than a foreign ...
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