The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Including Poor Richard's Almanac, and Familiar LettersPrinter, author, philanthropist, abolitionist, scientist, librarian, diplomat, inventor, philosopher, self-aggrandizer, and social wag, Benjamin Franklin is one of the most fascinating characters in all of American history - a quality that was not lost on the man himself, as his autobiography makes plain.Avoiding the strife of the American Revolution entirely, Franklin focuses his incisive wit on the culture and society of colonial Philadelphia, weaving a mostly true mythology of humble origins and hard work that created the concepts of "The American Dream" and "the self-made man."Originally published in French in 1791, and translated into English and published in London in 1793, this is considered the great autobiography of life in colonial America.American icon BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790), born in Massachusetts to a British immigrant father and colonial mother, published the famour Poor Richards' Almanack," helped found the University of Pennsylvania, and was the first Postmaster General of the United States. Franklin's likeness adorns, among other things, the United States hundred-dollar bill |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 28
Page 1
... weeks ' uninter- rupted leisure , I sit down to write them . Besides , there are some other inducements that excite me to this undertaking . From the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and in which I passed my earliest years , I ...
... weeks ' uninter- rupted leisure , I sit down to write them . Besides , there are some other inducements that excite me to this undertaking . From the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and in which I passed my earliest years , I ...
Page 17
... weeks endeavored to reduce them into the best order before I began to form the full sentences and complete the subject . This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts . By comparing my work with the original , I ...
... weeks endeavored to reduce them into the best order before I began to form the full sentences and complete the subject . This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts . By comparing my work with the original , I ...
Page 18
... weekly half the y he paid for board , I would board myself . He tly agreed to it , and I presently found that I save half what he paid me . This was an addi- fund for buying of books ; but I had another ad- ge in it . My brother and the ...
... weekly half the y he paid for board , I would board myself . He tly agreed to it , and I presently found that I save half what he paid me . This was an addi- fund for buying of books ; but I had another ad- ge in it . My brother and the ...
Page 47
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 56
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
Section 13 | 221 |
Section 14 | 235 |
Section 15 | 237 |
Section 16 | 239 |
Section 17 | 258 |
Section 18 | 260 |
Section 19 | 264 |
Section 20 | 279 |
Section 9 | 152 |
Section 10 | 170 |
Section 11 | 190 |
Section 12 | 208 |
Section 21 | 282 |
Section 22 | 284 |
Section 23 | 312 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accordingly acquaintance advantage affairs afterward almanac appeared Assembly attend BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Boston bred brother brought called captain continued conversation cter debt dispute employed endeavor England father Franklin friends gave give Gnadenhutten Gout governor hand heard honor horses Hugh Meredith hundred pounds inconvenience Indians industry instructions JANE MECOM Keimer kind learned length letters Little Britain lived lodging London Lord Loudoun Lord Macclesfield Madeira wine master means mention mind Motto never night nklin observed occasion opinion paid paper Pennsylvania perhaps Philadelphia piece pleased pleasure Poor Richard says POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC pounds currency present printed printer printing-house proposed province Quakers received Riddlesden sailed sect sensible sent shillings sometimes soon street thee things thou thought thousand pounds tion told took virtue wagons walk writing wrote young