The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinDonnelley & Sons, 1915 - 264 páginas |
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... ment , I sit down to write them for you . To which I have besides some other inducements . Having emerged from the poverty and obscu- rity in which I was born and bred , to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world ...
... ment , I sit down to write them for you . To which I have besides some other inducements . Having emerged from the poverty and obscu- rity in which I was born and bred , to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world ...
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... ment at length , and as fully as it had been expressed before , in any suitable words that should come to hand . Then I compared my " Spectator " with the original , discovered some of my faults , and corrected them . But I found I ...
... ment at length , and as fully as it had been expressed before , in any suitable words that should come to hand . Then I compared my " Spectator " with the original , discovered some of my faults , and corrected them . But I found I ...
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... think of nothing beyond the business he was bred to ; that , in the mercantile way , tho ' he had no stock , he might , by his diligence and punctuality , recommend himself to employ- ment as a factor 54 The Autobiography of.
... think of nothing beyond the business he was bred to ; that , in the mercantile way , tho ' he had no stock , he might , by his diligence and punctuality , recommend himself to employ- ment as a factor 54 The Autobiography of.
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Benjamin Franklin. punctuality , recommend himself to employ- ment as a factor , and in time acquire where- with to trade on his own account . I approved the amusing one's self with poetry now and then , so far as to improve one's ...
Benjamin Franklin. punctuality , recommend himself to employ- ment as a factor , and in time acquire where- with to trade on his own account . I approved the amusing one's self with poetry now and then , so far as to improve one's ...
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... ment , so as to infect all that followed , as is common in metaphysical reasonings . I grew convinced that truth , sincerity , and integrity , in dealings between man and man , were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life ; and ...
... ment , so as to infect all that followed , as is common in metaphysical reasonings . I grew convinced that truth , sincerity , and integrity , in dealings between man and man , were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life ; and ...
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