 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond, of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyon's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold...R. Burton's Historical Collections, they were small chapmen's books, and cheap. Forty volumes in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold them to enable me to buy R. Burtons Historical Collections, they were small chapmen's books, and cheap. Forty volumes in all. My... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Buny ait's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold them to enable me to buy li. Burton" s Historical Collections ; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 volumes in all.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton'ยป Historical Collections ; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 volumes in all. My... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold...R. Burton's Historical Collections. They were small chapmen's books, and cheap ; forty volumes in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold...R. Burton's Historical Collections. They were small chapmen's books, and cheap ; forty volumes in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1849 - 78 pages
...very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. I afterward sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's Historical Collections ; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 volumes in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 pages
...hands was laid out in purchasing books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works, in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton's Historical Colleclions. They were small chapman's books and cheap, forty volumes in all. My father's little library... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold...R. Burton's Historical Collections. They were small chapmen's books, and cheap; forty volumes in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...laid out in the purchasing of books. I was very fond of voyages. My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. I afterwards." sold them to enable me to buy E. Burton's Historical Collections. They were small chapmen's books, and cheap ; forty volumes in all.... | |
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Collections ; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge,... 
