The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinRegnery History, 2006 - 484 páginas "Benjamin Franklin's celebrated autobiography, published after his death ... but it was incomplete. Franklin ended his life's story in 1757, when he was only fifty-one. He planned to write more ... but never did. He lived another thirty-three full, eventful, and dramatic years ... Franklin is one of the most fascinating of the Founding Fathers - a polymath like Jefferson, a practical statesman like Washington, and a cynic and wit beyond parallel. Now, at last, in The Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin, we finally get the rest of the story, in Franklin's own words. Faithfully compiled and edited from Franklin's papers by Dr. Mark Skousen - Franklin's descendant, acting as his devoted secretary - this is the closest we will ever get to Franklin sitting down in his study in Philadelphia, dipping quill into ink, and finishing his autobiography"--Publisher's description. |
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... engag'd to conduct it . I know your great motive in coming hither was the hope of being instrumental in a reconciliation ; and I believe when you find that impossible on any terms given you to propose , you will relinquish so odious a ...
... engag'd to conduct it . I know your great motive in coming hither was the hope of being instrumental in a reconciliation ; and I believe when you find that impossible on any terms given you to propose , you will relinquish so odious a ...
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... engag'd Mr. Jay to take him over in his company : But when it came to be propos'd to him , he show'd such an unwillingness to leave me , and Temple such a fondness for retaining him , that I concluded to keep him till I should go over ...
... engag'd Mr. Jay to take him over in his company : But when it came to be propos'd to him , he show'd such an unwillingness to leave me , and Temple such a fondness for retaining him , that I concluded to keep him till I should go over ...
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... engag'd in business . Their continued kindness toward me express'd in their letters affects me much ; and I never peruse those letters but with fresh pleasure , mix'd with the remem- brance of the many delightful hours I pass'd in that ...
... engag'd in business . Their continued kindness toward me express'd in their letters affects me much ; and I never peruse those letters but with fresh pleasure , mix'd with the remem- brance of the many delightful hours I pass'd in that ...
Contenido
A Continuation of the Account of My Life | 1 |
Preface by Benjamin Franklin 1789 | 21 |
Second Mission to England 176475 31 | 75 |
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The Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin: 1757-1790 Benjamin Franklin Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
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