 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...sometimes debauched me from my work, but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal: and to shew that I was not above my business, I sometimes brought...duly for what I bought, the merchants who imported stationary solicited my custom ; others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on prosperously.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...private, and gave no scandal : and to shew that I was not above my X , business, I sometimes bronght home the paper I purchased at the Stores, through...duly for what I bought, the merchants who imported stationary solicited my custom ; others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on prosperously.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...sometimes debauched me from my work, but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal: and to shew that I was not above my business I sometimes brought...wheelbarrow. Thus being esteemed an industrious, thriving yonng man, and paying duly for what I bought, the merchants who imported stationary solicited my custom... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...from my work, but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal : and to show that I was not >bove my business, I sometimes brought home the paper I...stores, through the streets on a wheelbarrow. Thus being «teemed an industrious, thriving young man, and paying duly for what I bought, the merchants who imported... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...shooting ; a book indeed sometimes debauched me from my work, but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal ; and, to show that I was not above my...others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on prosperously. In the mean time, Keimer's credit and business declining daily, he was at last forced... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 668 pages
...shooting ; a book indeed sometimes debauched me from my work, but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal ; and, to show that I was not above my...others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on prosperously. In the mean time, Keimer's credit and business declining daily, he was at last forced... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 664 pages
...shooting ; a book indeed sometimes debauched me from my work, but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal ; and, to show that I was not above my...the streets on a wheelbarrow. Thus being esteemed au industrious, thriving young man, and paying duly for •what I bought, the merchants who imported... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 pages
...plainly dressed ; and never seen in any place of public amusement. I never went a fishing, or a hunting. And to show that I was not above my business, I sometimes conveyed home in a wheelbarrow, the paper which I purchased at the warehouses. The merchants solicited... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - Inventors - 1848 - 522 pages
...shooting. A book, indeed, sometimes enticed me from my work ; but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal ; and to show that I was not above my business,...others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on prosperously." CHAPTER XVI. RIVALS IN TRADE FRUITLESS ATTEMPT AT MATCH-MAKING HE MARRIES MISS READ... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...shooting ; a book indeed sometimes debauched me from my work, but that was seldom, was private, and gave no scandal ; and, to show that I was not above my...others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on prosperously. In the mean time, Keimer's credit and business declining daily, he was at last forced... | |
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... to show that I was not above my business, I sometimes brought home the paper I purchased at the stores thro' the streets on a wheelbarrow. 
