 England with a press and letters to set up his business in Boston. I liked it much better than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea. To prevent the apprehended effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound...  Poor Richard's Almanac for 1850-52 - Trang 60bởi Benjamin Franklin - 1849Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 trang
...me bound to my brother, I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indenture when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve an apprenticeship till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman's wages during... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Julian Willis Abernethy - 1892 - 200 trang
...also a book of De Foe's, called an " Essay on Projects," and another of Dr. Mather's, called "Essays to do Good," which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking...wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 trang
...also a book of De Foe's, called an "Essay on Projects," and another of Dr. Mather's, called " Essays to do Good," which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking...was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice8 till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman's wages during... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 trang
...apprehended effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. 4. I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded,...wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1893 - 700 trang
...an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at'length determined my father to make me a printer, though...wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 trang
...1717 my brother James returned from England with a press and letters to set up his business in Bostoa I liked it much better than that of my father, but...wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 trang
...me bound to my brother. I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indenture, when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve an apprenticeship till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman's wages during... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 464 trang
...also a book of De Foe's, called 'An Essay on Projects,' and another of Dr. Mather's, called ' Essays To Do Good,' which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking...wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 trang
...was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was i That is, type. to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years...wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to uiy brother. I now had access to better... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 trang
...was persuaded, and signed the inientures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was 1 That is, typ«. to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years...wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better... | |
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