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 19
... hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted . This has been a great convenience to me in travelling , where my com- panions have been sometimes very unhappy for want of a suitable gratification of their more delicate , be- cause ...
... hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted . This has been a great convenience to me in travelling , where my com- panions have been sometimes very unhappy for want of a suitable gratification of their more delicate , be- cause ...
Page 36
... hours on the water , without victuals , or any drink but a bottle of filthy rum , the water we sailed on being salt . In the evening I found myself very feverish , and went to bed ; but having read somewhere that cold water drunk ...
... hours on the water , without victuals , or any drink but a bottle of filthy rum , the water we sailed on being salt . In the evening I found myself very feverish , and went to bed ; but having read somewhere that cold water drunk ...
Page 48
... time for reading and studying , and a wonderful genius for mathematical learning , in which he far outstripped me . While I lived in Boston , most of my hours of leisure for conversation were spent with him , and he 48 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... time for reading and studying , and a wonderful genius for mathematical learning , in which he far outstripped me . While I lived in Boston , most of my hours of leisure for conversation were spent with him , and he 48 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
Page 66
... hours , and giving little trouble in the family , made her unwilling to part with me ; so that , when I talked of a lodging I had heard of , nearer my business , for two shillings a week , which , intent as I was on saving money , made ...
... hours , and giving little trouble in the family , made her unwilling to part with me ; so that , when I talked of a lodging I had heard of , nearer my business , for two shillings a week , which , intent as I was on saving money , made ...
Page 68
... - gether , supporting ourselves everywhere by working at our business . I was once inclined to it ; but , men- tioning it to my good friend Mr. Denham , with whom I often spent an hour when I had leisure , 68 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... - gether , supporting ourselves everywhere by working at our business . I was once inclined to it ; but , men- tioning it to my good friend Mr. Denham , with whom I often spent an hour when I had leisure , 68 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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