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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... taken notice of and patron- ized by Lord Halifax . He died in 1702 , the 6th of January , four years to a day before I was born . The recital which some elderly persons made to us of his character I remember struck you as something ...
... taken notice of and patron- ized by Lord Halifax . He died in 1702 , the 6th of January , four years to a day before I was born . The recital which some elderly persons made to us of his character I remember struck you as something ...
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... taken to help my father in his business , which was that of a tallow- chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but had assumed on his arrival in New England , because he found that his dyeing trade , being in ...
... taken to help my father in his business , which was that of a tallow- chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but had assumed on his arrival in New England , because he found that his dyeing trade , being in ...
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... 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 thing of the kind ; so that I was brought up in such a ...
... 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 thing of the kind ; so that I was brought up in such a ...
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... taken home again . From my infancy I was passionately fond of reading , and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books . I was very fond of voyages . My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate ...
... taken home again . From my infancy I was passionately fond of reading , and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books . I was very fond of voyages . My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate ...
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... taken up , censured , and imprisoned for a month by the Speaker's warrant , I suppose because he would not discover the author . I , too , was taken up and examined before the Council ; but though I did not give them any satisfaction ...
... taken up , censured , and imprisoned for a month by the Speaker's warrant , I suppose because he would not discover the author . I , too , was taken up and examined before the Council ; but though I did not give them any satisfaction ...
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