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 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1868 - 434 pages
...myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had...and, despatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a bisket or a slice of bread, a handful of raisins or a tart from the pastry-cook's,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 pages
...myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had...and, despatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a bisket or a slice of bread, a handful of raisins or a tart from the pastry-cook's,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 pages
...myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had...and, despatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a bisket or a slice of bread, a handful of raisins or a tart from the pastry-cook's,... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...himself. He found that he could save half that was paid him, and so he had a book-fund. "But," he adds, "I had another advantage in it. My brother and the...printing-house to their meals, I remained there alone, and, dispatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a biscuit or a slice of bread,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1881 - 648 pages
...still save half what his brother allowed him. 'This,' says he, 'was an additional fund for buying of books : but I had another advantage in it. My brother and the rest going from the prihting - house to their meals, I remained there alone, and despatching presently my light repast... | |
 | Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 360 pages
...I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying of books ; but I had another advantage in it. My brother...often no more than a biscuit, or a slice of bread, an handful of raisins, or a tart from the pastrycook's, and a glass of water), had the rest of the... | |
 | Printer - 1884 - 172 pages
...still save half what his brother allowed him. "This," says he, "was an additional fund for buying of books : but I had another advantage in it. My brother and the rest going from the printing house to their meals, I remained there alone, and despatching presently my light repast (which... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1886 - 256 pages
...myself. He instantly agreed to it and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had...printing-house to their meals, I remained there alone, and dispatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a biscuit or a slice of bread,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 250 pages
...myself. He instantly agreed to it and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had...printing-house to their meals, I remained there alone, and dispatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a biscuit or a slice of bread,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 pages
...myself. He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had...printing-house to their meals, I remained there alone, and, dispatching presently my light repast, which often was no more than a biscuit or a slice of bread,... | |
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