 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 páginas
...I liked it much better than that of my father,8 but still had a hankering for the sea. To prevent9 the apprehended effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have 1 resolved. Give a synonym. 2 clergyman. Franklin in his Autobiography says, " I was put to the grammar... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 páginas
...than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea- To prevent the probable effect of such inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. ac-quire' ac-quaint-ance read-i-ness ne-ces-si-ty borrowed dif-fer-ent sep-ar-ate or-ig^in-al Cour-ant'... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 páginas
...1 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...some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was 1 That is, type. to serve as an apprentice till... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1886 - 212 páginas
...events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer. ... I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded,...indenture when I was yet but twelve years old. ... I now had access to better books. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 páginas
...to set up his business in Boston. I35 I liked it much better than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea. To prevent the apprehended...inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to mv brother. I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was... | |
 | William Swinton - 1887 - 686 páginas
...to set up his business in Boston. ,is I liked it much better than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea. To prevent the apprehended...some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I uo was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 páginas
...2 to set up his business in Boston.3 I liked it much better than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea. To prevent the apprehended...some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures 4 when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 páginas
...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...some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1890 - 448 páginas
...to set up his own business in Boston. I liked it much better than that of my father, but Btill had a hankering for the sea. To prevent the apprehended...some time, but at last was persuaded and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 páginas
...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...apprenticeship till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman's wages during the last year. In a little time I made great progress... | |
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To prevent the apprehended effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice... 
