 Worthilake, with his two daughters: the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub-street-ballad style; and when they were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first...  The Century: 1899 - Page 2861899Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 pages
...Worthilake, with his two daughters : the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackboard) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub-street-ballad...were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This nattered my vanity... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1869 - 426 pages
...such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces ; my brother, thinking it might turn to account, encouraged me,...were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, theevent being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 pages
...such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces ; my brother, thinking it might turn to account, encouraged me,...were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 pages
...such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces ; my brother, thinking it might turn to account, encouraged me,...were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 pages
...Worthilake, with his two daughters : the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackboard) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub-street-ballad...were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 pages
...Worthilake, with his two daughters : the other was a ' Sailor's Song,' on the taking of Teach (or Blackhead) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub-street-ballad...when they were printed, he sent me about the town to •ell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event, being recent, having made a great noise. This nattered... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate. They u» were wretched stuff, in the Grub Street ballad style ; and when they were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity... | |
 | 1898 - 842 pages
...his experiments in poetry : "I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces. My brother, thinking it might turn to account, encouraged me,...were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. This flattered my vanity;... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott - 1884 - 1004 pages
...the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the GrubStreet ballad style, and when they were printed he sent me about the town * to sell them. The first sold •Boston, where he then raided. 1112 1113 wonderfully, the event being recent, having... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 pages
...the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub-Street ballad style; and when they were printed he sent me about the town to sell them. The first sold wonderfully, the event being recent, having made a great noise. 3. This nattered my... | |
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