 I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could...  Benjamin Franklin: His Life - Página 11por Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 311 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1877 - 972 páginas
...service of the Church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion...suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character. I continued, however, at the grammar-school not quite one year, though in that time I had... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 páginas
...service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read, which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read, and the opinion...Benjamin too approved of it, and proposed to give me his shorthand volumes of sermons, to set up with, if I would learn his shorthand. I continued, however,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 páginas
...service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion of all his friends that I should s certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approved... | |
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 686 páginas
...in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not readl, and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly...his short-hand volumes of sermons, I suppose as a NOTES. — Line I. grammar-school. This was, of course, the grammarschool of Boston, where Franklin... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1882 - 668 páginas
...APPENDIX, No. I. — EDITOR. My early readiness in learning to read, which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read, and the opinion of all his friends, that 1 should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin too... | |
 | 1883 - 82 páginas
...service of the Church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion...suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character. I continued, however, at the grammar-school not quite one year, though in that time I had... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 páginas
...service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion...his short-hand volumes of sermons, I suppose as a NOTES. — Line 1. gnunmar-iehool. This was, of course, the grammarschool of Boston, where Franklin... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 páginas
...service of the Church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion of all his friends that I 1 On the island of Nantucket. should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 250 páginas
...service of the Church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion of all his friends that I 1 On the island of Nantucket. should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 páginas
...service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion...suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character.2 I continued, however, at the grammar-school not quite one year, though in 1 tithe, literally... | |
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