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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... conducted . There was a salt - marsh that bounded part of the mill - pond , on the edge of which , at high water , we used to stand to fish for minnows . By much trampling , we had made it a mere quagmire . My proposal was to build a ...
... conducted . There was a salt - marsh that bounded part of the mill - pond , on the edge of which , at high water , we used to stand to fish for minnows . By much trampling , we had made it a mere quagmire . My proposal was to build a ...
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... conduct of life ; and little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victuals on the table , whether it was well or ill dressed , in or out of season , of good or bad flavor , preferable or inferior to this or that other ...
... conduct of life ; and little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victuals on the table , whether it was well or ill dressed , in or out of season , of good or bad flavor , preferable or inferior to this or that other ...
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... conduct , I continu'd to refuse . So he swore he would make me row , or throw me overboard ; and coming along , stepping on the thwarts , toward me , when he came up and struck at me , I clapped my hand under his crutch , and , rising ...
... conduct , I continu'd to refuse . So he swore he would make me row , or throw me overboard ; and coming along , stepping on the thwarts , toward me , when he came up and struck at me , I clapped my hand under his crutch , and , rising ...
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... conduct in life . It is the more remark- able , as being formed when I was so young , and yet being pretty faithfully adhered to quite thro ' to old age . We landed in Philadelphia on the 11th of October , where I found sundry ...
... conduct in life . It is the more remark- able , as being formed when I was so young , and yet being pretty faithfully adhered to quite thro ' to old age . We landed in Philadelphia on the 11th of October , where I found sundry ...
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... conduct towards me ( who was another free - thinker ) , and my own towards Vernon and Miss Read , which at times gave me great trouble , I began to suspect that this doctrine , tho ' it might be true , was not very useful . My London ...
... conduct towards me ( who was another free - thinker ) , and my own towards Vernon and Miss Read , which at times gave me great trouble , I began to suspect that this doctrine , tho ' it might be true , was not very useful . My London ...
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