Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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Page 21
... able to do some trifling jobs in the house when a workman was not at hand , and to construct little machines for my experiments , at the moment when the intention of making these was warm in my mind . My father de- termined at last for ...
... able to do some trifling jobs in the house when a workman was not at hand , and to construct little machines for my experiments , at the moment when the intention of making these was warm in my mind . My father de- termined at last for ...
Page 47
... able to obtain so advantageous a character from a person of such note where I had resided ; and that I had been so industrious and careful as to equip myself so hand- somely in so short a time ; therefore seeing no AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 47.
... able to obtain so advantageous a character from a person of such note where I had resided ; and that I had been so industrious and careful as to equip myself so hand- somely in so short a time ; therefore seeing no AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 47.
Page 51
... able ; I am re- solved to have a good printer here , and I am sure you must succeed . " This was spoken with such an ap- pearance of cordiality , that I had not the least doubt of his meaning what he said . I had hitherto kept the ...
... able ; I am re- solved to have a good printer here , and I am sure you must succeed . " This was spoken with such an ap- pearance of cordiality , that I had not the least doubt of his meaning what he said . I had hitherto kept the ...
Page 57
... able to criticise than compose verses . As these two were returning home , Osborne expressed himself still more strongly in favor of what he thought my production ; having before refrained , as he said , lest I should think he meant to ...
... able to criticise than compose verses . As these two were returning home , Osborne expressed himself still more strongly in favor of what he thought my production ; having before refrained , as he said , lest I should think he meant to ...
Page 73
... and , as soon as I had instructed them , they being all articled to him , he should be able to do without me . I went however very cheerfully , put his printing - house in order , which had been in AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 73.
... and , as soon as I had instructed them , they being all articled to him , he should be able to do without me . I went however very cheerfully , put his printing - house in order , which had been in AUTOBIOGRAPHY . 73.
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