Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersK. Paul, Trench & Company, 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 . 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 purchase ...
... called light literature . 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 purchase ...
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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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Abbé Morellet almanac America Andrew Bradford Arthur Lee assembly Autobiography began Benjamin bills Boston Bradford British called Cheaper Edition Church colonies copy Courant debts declared Demy 8vo England English essays Father Fcap Fifth Edition Fourth Edition France French Frontispiece Gazette governor hand hand-made paper History Homilies by Rev Indians issued James Franklin John Keimer king land Large crown 8vo late Leeds letters LL.B London Lord magazine manuscript never newspaper numerous Illustrations once pamphlet paper money parchment Paris passed Paxton Boys Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette Philadelphia piece Poems Poor Richard says Portrait Post 8vo preface printed on hand-made printer Prof province Province of Pennsylvania published Quakers Ralph Izard Second Edition sent Sermons ship Silas Deane Small crown 8vo soon speech stamp act Temple Franklin things Third Edition tion took town Translated Verse vols William write