 I asked for a threepenny loaf, and was told they had none such. So, not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him give me three-penny-worth of any sort.  A Reader's History of American Literature - Page 54by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton - 1903 - 327 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1868 - 434 pages
...got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 426 pages
...got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1871 - 784 pages
...where he got i,. I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but...for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none." Ignorant of the value of money, and the names of bread, he asked for three-penny worth of any sort.... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1873 - 248 pages
...had bought it, I went immediately to the baker'* he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. joiir'ney Phu-a-deTphi-a flg'ure cop'per bfe'euit (bls'kjt) awk'ward ri-dlc'u-lous draught re-freshed'... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 pages
...got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 pages
...got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1875 - 248 pages
...had bought it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. they had none such. So, not considering or knowing the difference of money, or the greater cheapness... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...where he got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but...was told they had none such. So, not considering or 315 knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...where he got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but...and was told they had none such. So, not considering ors'3 knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade... | |
 | William Swinton - English literature - 1887 - 686 pages
...baker's he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in lioston ; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia....and was told they had none such. So, not considering or5,5 knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade... | |
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