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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... proposed to give me all his short - hand volumes of sermons , I suppose as a stock to set up with , if I would learn his character . I continued , however , at the grammar - school not quite one year , though in that time I had risen ...
... proposed to give me all his short - hand volumes of sermons , I suppose as a stock to set up with , if I would learn his character . I continued , however , at the grammar - school not quite one year , though in that time I had risen ...
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... proposal was to build a wharf there fit for us to stand upon , and I showed my comrades a large heap of stones , which were intended for a new house near the marsh , and which would very well suit our purpose . Ac- cordingly , in the ...
... proposal was to build a wharf there fit for us to stand upon , and I showed my comrades a large heap of stones , which were intended for a new house near the marsh , and which would very well suit our purpose . Ac- cordingly , in the ...
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... proposed to my brother , that if he would give me , weekly , half the money he paid for my board , I would board myself . He instantly agreed to it , and I pres- ently found that I could save half what he paid me . This was an ...
... proposed to my brother , that if he would give me , weekly , half the money he paid for my board , I would board myself . He instantly agreed to it , and I pres- ently found that I could save half what he paid me . This was an ...
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... in our print- ing - house among his friends , what he should do in this case . Some proposed to evade the order by changing the name of the paper ; but to my brother , seeing inconveniences in that , it FRANKLIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 37.
... in our print- ing - house among his friends , what he should do in this case . Some proposed to evade the order by changing the name of the paper ; but to my brother , seeing inconveniences in that , it FRANKLIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 37.
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... proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of setting up a new sect . He was to preach the doctrines , and I was to confound all opponents . When he came to explain with me upon the doctrines , I found several conun- drums ...
... proposed my being his colleague in a project he had of setting up a new sect . He was to preach the doctrines , and I was to confound all opponents . When he came to explain with me upon the doctrines , I found several conun- drums ...
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