Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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Page 12
... life in 1771. He continued it in 1784 and 1788. The following pages contain almost all the first part of the au- tobiography , and more than a third of the whole . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . FROM the poverty and obscurity in which.
... life in 1771. He continued it in 1784 and 1788. The following pages contain almost all the first part of the au- tobiography , and more than a third of the whole . BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . FROM the poverty and obscurity in which.
Page 16
... continued , however , at the grammar school rather less than a year , though in that time I had risen gradually from the middle of the class of that year to be at the head of the same class , and was removed into the next class , whence ...
... continued , however , at the grammar school rather less than a year , though in that time I had risen gradually from the middle of the class of that year to be at the head of the same class , and was removed into the next class , whence ...
Page 20
... as for a public ball . Perhaps it is only negligence . To return I continued thus employed in my father's business for two years , that is , till I was twelve years old ; and , my brother John , 20 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... as for a public ball . Perhaps it is only negligence . To return I continued thus employed in my father's business for two years , that is , till I was twelve years old ; and , my brother John , 20 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
Page 26
... , which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care , and which I still continued to consider a duty , though I could not afford time to practise it . When about sixteen years of age , I happened to 26 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... , which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care , and which I still continued to consider a duty , though I could not afford time to practise it . When about sixteen years of age , I happened to 26 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
Page 28
... continued this method some few years , but gradu- ally left it , retaining only the habit of expressing my- self in terms of modest diffidence , never using , when I advance anything that may possibly be disputed , the words certainly ...
... continued this method some few years , but gradu- ally left it , retaining only the habit of expressing my- self in terms of modest diffidence , never using , when I advance anything that may possibly be disputed , the words certainly ...
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