Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
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Page 72
... writing and arithmetic kept by a then famous man , Mr. Geo . Brownell , very successful in his profession generally , and that by mild encouraging meth- ods . Under him I acquired fair writing pretty soon , but I failed in the ...
... writing and arithmetic kept by a then famous man , Mr. Geo . Brownell , very successful in his profession generally , and that by mild encouraging meth- ods . Under him I acquired fair writing pretty soon , but I failed in the ...
Page 76
... writing has been of great use to me in the course my life , and was a principal means of my advancement , I shall tell you how in such a situation I acquired what little ability I have in that way . of ... About this time I met with an ...
... writing has been of great use to me in the course my life , and was a principal means of my advancement , I shall tell you how in such a situation I acquired what little ability I have in that way . of ... About this time I met with an ...
Page 79
... writing little pieces for this paper , which gained it credit , and made it more in de- mand ; and these gentlemen ... writing an anonymous paper I put it in at night under the door of the printing house . It was found in the morning and ...
... writing little pieces for this paper , which gained it credit , and made it more in de- mand ; and these gentlemen ... writing an anonymous paper I put it in at night under the door of the printing house . It was found in the morning and ...
Contents
PAGE | 27 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
THE STYLE OF BEING AMERICAN | 225 |
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