The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinDonnelley & Sons, 1915 - 264 páginas |
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... books , and thus attempt to convey an impres- sion of literary culture . But to fulfil its grand mission of giving and preserving to the world the great thoughts of men , a book must be M534401 within reach of that world . To return in the.
... books , and thus attempt to convey an impres- sion of literary culture . But to fulfil its grand mission of giving and preserving to the world the great thoughts of men , a book must be M534401 within reach of that world . To return in the.
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... thought , bore me down more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons . As we parted with- out settling the point , and were not to see one another again for some time , I sat down to put my arguments in writing , which I ...
... thought , bore me down more by his fluency than by the strength of his reasons . As we parted with- out settling the point , and were not to see one another again for some time , I sat down to put my arguments in writing , which I ...
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... thought I should have acquired before that time if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import , but of different length , to suit the measure , or of different sound for the rhyme , would ...
... thought I should have acquired before that time if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import , but of different length , to suit the measure , or of different sound for the rhyme , would ...
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... thought a duty , though I could not , as it seemed to me , afford time to practise it . When about sixteen years of age I happened to meet with a book , written by one Tryon , recommending a vegetable diet . I determined to go into it ...
... thought a duty , though I could not , as it seemed to me , afford time to practise it . When about sixteen years of age I happened to meet with a book , written by one Tryon , recommending a vegetable diet . I determined to go into it ...
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... thought , prob- ably with reason , that it tended to make me too vain . And perhaps this might be one occasion of the differences that we began to have about this time . Though a brother , he considered himself as my master , and me as ...
... thought , prob- ably with reason , that it tended to make me too vain . And perhaps this might be one occasion of the differences that we began to have about this time . Though a brother , he considered himself as my master , and me as ...
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