Author: John Nicholas Norton
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Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Author: John N. Norton
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ISBN: 9781331269038
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Excerpt from Life of Doctor Franklin "Franklin appreciated the devout and transcendent labors of such men as Jonathan Edwards, in laying the foundations, and could empty his pockets at the heart-stirring appeals of Whitefield. His friendships, in England and America, were with bishops and divines. The Bishop of St. Asaph, of Sodor and Man, no less than the Methodist Whitefield, were his friends; and he could cast an eye backward with affection and reverence from the glittering salons of Paris to the dark shades of Puritan ancestors. There was a sound vein of piety in his composition, which bore its fruits; nor had French levity, or companionship with the encyclopaedists, blunted his religious education. His warning hand, raised to Paine on the eve of his infidel publication, deserves to be remembered." - Duyckinck's Cyclopaedia. "One of the most grateful things in my experience among the middle classes in England, France, and Germany, is, that I have been there recognized as the countryman of Franklin, and by virtue of this, have been often received as a friend." - Goodrich's Recollections of a Lifetime. "Zealous theologians have attacked the orthodoxy of his creed; casuists have cavilled at the materialism of his ethical precepts; but he was doubtless a good man; he was unquestionably a great man, and he richly merits the title of 'the most useful man of any age' - a title which he would have envied beyond all the gifts of fortune and laurels of fame." - Macaulay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author: Hugh M'Neile
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331634935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Excerpt from A Lecture on the Life of Dr. Franklin The readers of this Pamphlet must pardon this unintentionally pro tracted preface, which has been penned, and subscribed, at the direct request of the Reverend author of the Lecture; in the absence of which, nothing would have induced me thus to obtrude any subject before the real object of the reader's interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483285972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Excerpt from The Life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin Ourhumble family had early embraced the Reforma remained. Fahhu ully attached during the 11 Mary, when they were in danger ofbc on account cf tneir zeal againfi puper). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483201422
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 482

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Excerpt from The Life and Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin A little before that time, Argand had invented his celebrated lamp, in which the flame is spread into* a hollow cylinder, and thus brought. In contact with the air, within as well as without. Dr. Franklin had been on the point of the same discovery. The idea had occurred to him; but he had tried a bullrush as a wick, which did not succeed. His occupations did not permit him to repeat and extend his trials to the introduction of a larger column of air, than could pass through the stem of a bull lush. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Benjamin 1706-1790 Autobiogr Franklin
Publisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781371225872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: Henry Stevens
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331660371
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's Life and Writings: A Bibliographical Essay on the Steven's Collection of Books and Manuscripts Relating to Doctor Franklin It is not to be denied that Temple Franklin's editions of the Life and Works of Dr Franklin in 1818 did not satisfy the craving public. More was expected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: James Parton
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266179764
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Excerpt from Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 Not until 1817, when Dr. Franklin had been dead twenty-seven years, was his Autobiography given to the world in his own lan guage and without abridgment. It was published, then, in the edition of his works edited by his grandson; who had delayed the issue, as it is supposed, from a regard to the interests of his aged father, a pensioner of the English government, who died in 1813. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331374329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin To Dr. Priestley, February 8, 1780, On true Science - Inconveniences attend ing all situations in Life I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265202159
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Excerpt from The Life of Dr. Benj; Franklin From the bosom of poverty and obscurity, in which I drew my first breath, and spent my earliest years, I have raised myself to a state of opulence and to some degree of celebrity in the world. A constant good fortune has attended me through every period of life to my present advanced age; and my descend ants may be desirous of learning what were the means of which I made use, and which, thanks to the assisting hand of Providence, have proved so eminently successful. They may, also, should they, ever be placed in a similar situation, derive some advantage from my narrative. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.