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 24
... once , somehow or other , started be- tween Collins and me , on the propriety of educating the female sex in learning , and their abilities for study . He was of opinion that it was improper , and that they were naturally unequal to it ...
... once , somehow or other , started be- tween Collins and me , on the propriety of educating the female sex in learning , and their abilities for study . He was of opinion that it was improper , and that they were naturally unequal to it ...
Page 50
... Once , in a boat on the Delaware with some other young men , he refused to row in his turn . " I will be rowed home , " said he . " We will not row you , " said I. " You must , " said he , " or stay all night on the water , just as you ...
... Once , in a boat on the Delaware with some other young men , he refused to row in his turn . " I will be rowed home , " said he . " We will not row you , " said I. " You must , " said he , " or stay all night on the water , just as you ...
Page 67
... once to visit her . She was cheerful and polite , and conversed pleasantly . The room was clean , but had no other furniture than a mattress , a table with a crucifix , and a book , a stool which she gave me to sit on , and a picture ...
... once to visit her . She was cheerful and polite , and conversed pleasantly . The room was clean , but had no other furniture than a mattress , a table with a crucifix , and a book , a stool which she gave me to sit on , and a picture ...
Page 68
... to- 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 .
... to- 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 .
Page 72
... once more to the wide world ; for the store was taken into the care of his executors , and my employment under him ended . My brother - in - law , Holmes , being now at Philadel- phia , advised my return to my business ; and Keimer ...
... once more to the wide world ; for the store was taken into the care of his executors , and my employment under him ended . My brother - in - law , Holmes , being now at Philadel- phia , advised my return to my business ; and Keimer ...
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