 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 B. Cairns - 1909 - 520 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...his business, which was that of a tallowchandler and sope-boiler; a business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, and on finding... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 236 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 sope-boiler; a business he was not bred to, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, and on finding... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 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 tallowchandler and soap-boiler ; a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he found that his... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1910 - 216 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... | |
 | Margaret Ashmun - 1910 - 320 trang
...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 tallowchandler and soap-boiler ; a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he found that his... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1912 - 274 trang
...soon, but I failed in the arithmetic, and made no progress in it. At ten years old I was taken 5home to assist my father in his business, which was that...family, being in little request. Accordingly, I was l0employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the dipping mould and the moulds for cast candles,... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1913 - 312 trang
...besides telling about the weather, gives proverbs, some of which you will find on page 252. THE WHARF At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father...to, but had assumed on his arrival in New England. Accordingly, I was employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the molds for cast candles, attending... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1915 - 184 trang
...Opportunity." — EMERSON. In Franklin's Autobiography we read: "At ten years old I was taken from school to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow chandler and soap boiler. I disliked the trade and had a strong inclination for the sea; but... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1916 - 1128 trang
...regarding vocational guidance. In the Autobiography we read: At ten years old I was taken from school to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler. I dislikt the trade and had a strong inclination for the sea; but my father declared against it. He... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1916 - 1130 trang
...regarding vocational guidance. In the Autobiography we read: At ten years old I was taken from school to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler. I dislikt the trade and had a strong inclination for the sea; but my father declared against it. He... | |
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