The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinMacmillan, 1901 - 249 páginas Charming self-portrait covers boyhood, work as a printer, political career, scientific experiments, much more. Its openness, honesty, and readable style have made the "Autobiography" one of the great classics of the genre. |
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... officer of the spiritual court . In that case the stool was turned down again upon its feet , when the Bible remained concealed under it as before . This anecdote I had from Uncle Benjamin . The family continued all of the Church of ...
... officer of the spiritual court . In that case the stool was turned down again upon its feet , when the Bible remained concealed under it as before . This anecdote I had from Uncle Benjamin . The family continued all of the Church of ...
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... officers , and met every week to be instructed in the manual exercise and other parts of military discipline . The women , by subscriptions among them- selves , provided silk colors , which they presented to the com- panies , painted ...
... officers , and met every week to be instructed in the manual exercise and other parts of military discipline . The women , by subscriptions among them- selves , provided silk colors , which they presented to the com- panies , painted ...
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... officers to account , I was , upon his death in 1753 , appointed , jointly with Mr. William Hunter , to succeed him , by a commission from the Postmaster - General in England . The American office had hitherto never paid anything to ...
... officers to account , I was , upon his death in 1753 , appointed , jointly with Mr. William Hunter , to succeed him , by a commission from the Postmaster - General in England . The American office had hitherto never paid anything to ...
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... officers were surprised , declared the expedition was then at an end , being impossible , and exclaimed against the minis- ters for ignorantly sending them into a country destitute of the means of conveying their stores , baggage , etc ...
... officers were surprised , declared the expedition was then at an end , being impossible , and exclaimed against the minis- ters for ignorantly sending them into a country destitute of the means of conveying their stores , baggage , etc ...
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... officers extremely exasperated on account of their not being supplied with horses and car- riages , which had been expected from this province , as most able to furnish them ; but through the dissensions between our governor 138 ...
... officers extremely exasperated on account of their not being supplied with horses and car- riages , which had been expected from this province , as most able to furnish them ; but through the dissensions between our governor 138 ...
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