The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1854 - 502 trang

MEMOIR OF FRANKLIN	15

To his Wife	23

The Stamp ActLetter to Dean Tucker	43

Dismissed from Office The Hutchinson and Oliver Letters Let	57

Plan of a Continental Congress Efforts to change the Ministry	63

CHAPTER I	102

Sports and Scrapes His Parents Fondness for Reading Apprenticed	119

Visits his Brother John at Newport A Lure and an EscapeStay	137

Salt Water rendered fresh by Distillation Method of relieving Thirst	302

The Art of Swimming	309

On the Causes of Colds	315

Rivalship in Almanacmaking	333

Advice to a Young Tradesman	343

A Parable on Brotherly Love	361

Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout	369

The Whistle	375

CHAPTER III Arrival in London Finds his Letters are Worthless	152

CHAPTER IV Embarks for Philadelphia Arrival Illness and Disap	161

Second Part of the Autobiography The Philadelphia	179

To Lord Kames May 3 1760	189

Plan of a United Party for Virtue Poor Richards	192

Advantages of Veracity	195

Arrival of Whitefield Effects of his Preaching Church	202

Moves in the Cause of Education An Academy	213

Delegate to the Albany Convention Proposes a Plan	224

CHAPTER X	237

Overtures from Gov DennyThe Assembly and the Pro	248

Interviews with Lord Chatham	257

A Prussian Edict assuming Claims over Britain	266

An Algerine Speech	277

Protection from Lightning	283

On Cold produced by Evaporation	291

The Internal State of America	381

Positions to be examined concerning National Wealth	387

The Ephemera an Emblem of Human Life	397

To Josiah Franklin Boston April 13 1738	403

To George Whitefield June 6 1753	412

To Lord Kames February 21 1769	431

The Wilkes Riots More Mischief Brewing Preparations	437

Minutes of a Remarkable Conference with Lord Hillsborough	445

To Joshua Babcock 13 January 1772	449

To Miss Georgiana Shipley 8 October	457

To Mrs Bache January 26 1784	464

To B Vaughan July 26	470

To George Whatley May 23 1785	478

To Mrs Mary Hewson London May 6 1786	481

To Thomas Paine	488

To David Hartley December 4 1789	496

Tiêu đề	The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography
Tác giả	Benjamin Franklin
Nhà xuất bản	Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1854
Nguyên bản từ	Đại học Harvard
Đã được số hóa	1 Tháng 4 2009
Độ dài	502 trang

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