 Brownell, very successful in his profession generally, and that by mild, encouraging methods. Under him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old...  Pamphlets on Biography - Trang 81901Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | William Swinton - 1887 - 686 trang
...him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father...business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler—a s5 business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, and... | |
 | William Swinton - 1888 - 686 trang
...him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father...was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler — a «5 business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, and on finding his... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 trang
...write a good hand pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic. At ten years old I was taken to help my father in his business, which was that of a tallowchandler and soap-boiler. Accordingly, I was employed in cutting wicks for the candles, filling the dipping mould and the moulds... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 trang
...him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler1 and soap-boiler, — a business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his arrival... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 trang
...a good hand pretty soon; but I failed entirely in arithmetic. At ten years old I was taken to help my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soapboiler; a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he found that his... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 462 trang
...him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father...employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the dipping-mold and the molds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, etc. I disliked... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 220 trang
...him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow chandler and soap boiler, a business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his arrival in New... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - 1897 - 656 trang
...him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father...employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the dipping-mold and the molds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, etc. I disliked... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 trang
...him I acquired fair writing pretty soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father...on his arrival in New England, and on finding his dying trade would not maintain his family, being in little request. Accordingly, I was employed in... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 554 trang
...school " to assist my father in his business, 308 which was that of a tallow-chandler and sope-boiler, a business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, and on finding his dying trade would not maintain his family, being in little request. Accordingly, I was employed in... | |
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