Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersHoughton, Mifflin, 1887 - 293 páginas |
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... called towns , the largest was Boston . Yet the area of Boston was less than one square mile , and the popula- tion did not equal ten thousand souls . The chief features of the place were three hills , since greatly cut down ; three ...
... called towns , the largest was Boston . Yet the area of Boston was less than one square mile , and the popula- tion did not equal ten thousand souls . The chief features of the place were three hills , since greatly cut down ; three ...
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... called " Hooped Petticoats Arraigned and Con- demned by the Light of Nature and the Law of God . " man . These books finished , he determined to get more . Borrow he could not . He knew no bookseller , and a circulating library did not ...
... called " Hooped Petticoats Arraigned and Con- demned by the Light of Nature and the Law of God . " man . These books finished , he determined to get more . Borrow he could not . He knew no bookseller , and a circulating library did not ...
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... called light literature . 66 Among the four hundred and sixty - six books of a religious tone , by far the best was " Pil- grim's Progress , " printed at Boston in 1681 and reprinted in 1706. A copy of this was Benja- min's first ...
... called light literature . 66 Among the four hundred and sixty - six books of a religious tone , by far the best was " Pil- grim's Progress , " printed at Boston in 1681 and reprinted in 1706. A copy of this was Benja- min's first ...
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... called a man of letters . His pen , indeed , was never idle . Four hundred and twenty - three of his productions are still extant , yet our literature would have suffered no loss if every one of them had perished . Everything that he ...
... called a man of letters . His pen , indeed , was never idle . Four hundred and twenty - three of his productions are still extant , yet our literature would have suffered no loss if every one of them had perished . Everything that he ...
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... called the first maga- zine , for it was , as the General Court declared , a pamphlet . The true newspaper did not appear for fourteen years , and was then begun by the Boston postmaster . The duties of his place were far from exacting ...
... called the first maga- zine , for it was , as the General Court declared , a pamphlet . The true newspaper did not appear for fourteen years , and was then begun by the Boston postmaster . The duties of his place were far from exacting ...
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