...r an or any pur y pur y pur y pur y purpose pose pose pose pose, , , , , and in an and in an and in an and in an and in any w y w y w y w y wa a a a a... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with introduction and ... ...s part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make ... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ...ed in it “Father Abraham’s Sermon,” now regarded as the most famous piece of literature produced in Colonial America. Meantime Franklin was concerning... ...rd (whom you and I saw many years after at his native place, St. Andrew’s in Scotland) gave a contrary opin ion: “For the industry of that Franklin,”... ...h the Latin, and, having acquir’d that, it will be more easy to attain those modern languages which are deriv’d from it; and yet we do not begin with ... ..., they would, however, have acquired an other tongue or two, that, being in modern use, might be serviceable to them in common life. After ten years’... ... being at Boston, I met there with a Dr. Spence, who was lately arrived from Scotland, and show’d me some electric experiments. They were imperfectly ...

...Introduction: Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was b...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto a... ...part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make us... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ed, 30 Robert Louis Stevenson and there was never a finer temperament for literature than Keats’s; it was so, if we could trace it out, that all men ... ...une which is the occasion of this paper, and by which I was able to see my literature in print, and to measure experimentally how far I stood from the... ...presence could impart a savour of quaint antiquity to the baldest and most modern flower-plots. There was a dig- nity about his tall stooping form, an... ...entertainment and is found enough. Dumas approaches perhaps nearest of any modern to these Arabian authors in the purely material charm of some of his... ...’” On this quotation two remarks fall to be made. First, as an instance of modern feeling for romance, this famous touch 116 Robert Louis Stevenson o...

...r congruity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many different dialects, and offering in its extent such singular contrasts, from the busiest over-population to the unkindliest desert, from the Black Country to the Moor of Rannoch. It is not only when we cross the seas that we go abroad; there are foreign part...