Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinH. Holt, 1916 - 346 páginas The autobiography the American philosopher, statesman, and scientist who relates his own rise from obscurity and poverty to eminence and wealth. |
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... manner of present- ing his discoveries and to the precision and clearness of the style in which he described his experiments , as to the results he was able to announce . Sir Humphry Davy , the celebrated English chemist xii INTRODUCTION.
... manner of present- ing his discoveries and to the precision and clearness of the style in which he described his experiments , as to the results he was able to announce . Sir Humphry Davy , the celebrated English chemist xii INTRODUCTION.
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Benjamin Franklin Frank Woodworth Pine. announce . Sir Humphry Davy , the celebrated English chemist , himself an excellent literary critic as well as a great scientist , said : " A sin- gular felicity guided all Franklin's researches ...
Benjamin Franklin Frank Woodworth Pine. announce . Sir Humphry Davy , the celebrated English chemist , himself an excellent literary critic as well as a great scientist , said : " A sin- gular felicity guided all Franklin's researches ...
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... English literature of the eighteenth century was characterized by the development of prose . Periodical literature reached its perfection early in the century in The Tatler and The Spectator of Addison and Steele . Pamphleteers ...
... English literature of the eighteenth century was characterized by the development of prose . Periodical literature reached its perfection early in the century in The Tatler and The Spectator of Addison and Steele . Pamphleteers ...
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... English journalist and master of the newspaper narrative . The style of both writers is marked by homely , vigorous expression , satire , burlesque , repartee . Here the comparison must must end . Defoe and his contemporaries were ...
... English journalist and master of the newspaper narrative . The style of both writers is marked by homely , vigorous expression , satire , burlesque , repartee . Here the comparison must must end . Defoe and his contemporaries were ...
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... English . He used short sentences and words , homely expressions , apt illustrations , and pointed allusions . Franklin had a most in- teresting , varied , and unusual life . He was one of the greatest conversationalists of his time . 1 ...
... English . He used short sentences and words , homely expressions , apt illustrations , and pointed allusions . Franklin had a most in- teresting , varied , and unusual life . He was one of the greatest conversationalists of his time . 1 ...
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