The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinDonnelley & Sons, 1915 - 264 páginas |
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... letters to set up his business in Boston . I liked it much better than that of my father , but still had a hankering for the sea . To prevent the appre- hended effect of such an inclination , my father was impatient to have me bound to ...
... letters to set up his business in Boston . I liked it much better than that of my father , but still had a hankering for the sea . To prevent the appre- hended effect of such an inclination , my father was impatient to have me bound to ...
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... letters of a side had passed , when my father happened to find my papers and read them . Without entering into the discussion , he took occasion to talk to me about the manner of my writing ; observed that , though I had the advantage ...
... letters of a side had passed , when my father happened to find my papers and read them . Without entering into the discussion , he took occasion to talk to me about the manner of my writing ; observed that , though I had the advantage ...
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... Letter . " I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking , as not likely to succeed , one newspaper being , in their judgment , enough for America . At this time ( 1771 ) there are not less than five - and ...
... Letter . " I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking , as not likely to succeed , one newspaper being , in their judgment , enough for America . At this time ( 1771 ) there are not less than five - and ...
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... letter , no one could help him . I endeavored to put his press ( which he had not yet used , and of which he understood nothing ) into order fit to be worked with ; and , promising to come and print off his elegy as soon as he should ...
... letter , no one could help him . I endeavored to put his press ( which he had not yet used , and of which he understood nothing ) into order fit to be worked with ; and , promising to come and print off his elegy as soon as he should ...
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... letter men- tioning the concern of my friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assuring me of their good will to me , and that everything would be accommodated to my mind if I would return , to which he exhorted me very earnestly . I ...
... letter men- tioning the concern of my friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assuring me of their good will to me , and that everything would be accommodated to my mind if I would return , to which he exhorted me very earnestly . I ...
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