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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... mention is made by Cot- ton Mather , ' in his church history of that country , entitled Magnalia Christi Americana , as " a godly , learned Englishman , " if I remem- ber the words rightly . I have heard that he wrote sundry small ...
... mention is made by Cot- ton Mather , ' in his church history of that country , entitled Magnalia Christi Americana , as " a godly , learned Englishman , " if I remem- ber the words rightly . I have heard that he wrote sundry small ...
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... mention one instance , as it shows an early projecting public spirit , tho ' not then justly 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 ...
... mention one instance , as it shows an early projecting public spirit , tho ' not then justly 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 ...
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... mentioning the con- cern of my friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assuring me of their good will to me , and that everything would be accommo- dated to my mind if I would return , to which he exhorted me very earnestly . I wrote ...
... mentioning the con- cern of my friends in Boston at my abrupt departure , assuring me of their good will to me , and that everything would be accommo- dated to my mind if I would return , to which he exhorted me very earnestly . I wrote ...
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... for some years after . I believe I have omitted mentioning that , in my first voyage from Boston , being becalm'd off Block Island , our people set about catching cod , and hauled up a great many . Hitherto FRANKLIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 67.
... for some years after . I believe I have omitted mentioning that , in my first voyage from Boston , being becalm'd off Block Island , our people set about catching cod , and hauled up a great many . Hitherto FRANKLIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 67.
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... mention the other two , I shall just remark here , that Watson died in my arms a few years after , much lamented , being the best of our set . Osborne went to the West Indies , where he became an eminent lawyer and 1 " In one of the ...
... mention the other two , I shall just remark here , that Watson died in my arms a few years after , much lamented , being the best of our set . Osborne went to the West Indies , where he became an eminent lawyer and 1 " In one of the ...
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