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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... natural knowledge . He was one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Science . The careful study of the Autobiography is also valuable because of the style in which it is written . If Robert Louis Stevenson is right ...
... natural knowledge . He was one of the eight foreign associates of the French Academy of Science . The careful study of the Autobiography is also valuable because of the style in which it is written . If Robert Louis Stevenson is right ...
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... natural that his grandson , William Temple Franklin , in editing the work changed some of the phrases because he thought them inelegant and vulgar . Franklin began the story of his life while on a visit to his friend , Bishop Shipley ...
... natural that his grandson , William Temple Franklin , in editing the work changed some of the phrases because he thought them inelegant and vulgar . Franklin began the story of his life while on a visit to his friend , Bishop Shipley ...
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... natural Genius's of our Country , as may contribute either to the Im- provement of our prefent Manufactures , or to- Tis not with fo vain a Hope as to convince you , that I take the Trouble to answer your Meffages , but , if wards the ...
... natural Genius's of our Country , as may contribute either to the Im- provement of our prefent Manufactures , or to- Tis not with fo vain a Hope as to convince you , that I take the Trouble to answer your Meffages , but , if wards the ...
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... natural in old men , to be talking of them- selves and their own past actions ; and I shall indulge it without being tiresome to others , who , through respect to age , might conceive themselves 4 FRANKLIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
... natural in old men , to be talking of them- selves and their own past actions ; and I shall indulge it without being tiresome to others , who , through respect to age , might conceive themselves 4 FRANKLIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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... naturally unequal to it . I took the contrary side , perhaps a little for dispute's sake . He was naturally more eloquent , had a ready plenty of words , and sometimes , as I thought , bore me down more by his fluency than by the ...
... naturally unequal to it . I took the contrary side , perhaps a little for dispute's sake . He was naturally more eloquent , had a ready plenty of words , and sometimes , as I thought , bore me down more by his fluency than by the ...
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