I now had access to better books. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the... The American Journal of Education - Σελίδα 272επεξεργασία από - 1859Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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...year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. An acquaintance...returned in the morning lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 σελίδες
...sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening to be returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 σελίδες
...sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening to be returned in the moming, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 664 σελίδες
...year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. An acquaintance...returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 σελίδες
...year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. An acquaintance...returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 σελίδες
...year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. An acquaintance...returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection... | |
| Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 σελίδες
...reading the books thus obtained, and promptly returning them in good condition. " Often," says he, " I sat up in my chamber reading the greatest part of...the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening to be returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing;" and he further relates that he was... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1849 - 78 σελίδες
...sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening to be returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious,... | |
| Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 σελίδες
...father to make him a printer," against his own inclination, which was for the sea ; and when he had thus by constraint become a printer, his great consolation...night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and was to be returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing." Then he made the acquaintance... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1850 - 666 σελίδες
...year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. An acquaintance...borrowed in the evening and to be returned in the moniing, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr.... | |
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