 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 - Page 11by Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...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 short-hand volumes of sermons, to set up with, if I would learn his short-hand. I continued however... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...(which must have been very early, and I do not remember when I could not read) and the opinion of all my friends, that I should certainly make a good scholar,...Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me his short-hand volumes of sermons to set up with, if I would learn shorthand. I continued however at... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...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 certainly make a ' In the island of Nantucket. good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, and I do not remember when I could not read) and the opinion of all my friends, that I should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. My... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read, (which must have been very early, and I my friends, that I should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of * Sherburnc... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...v . No. L — 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...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...— EDITOR. VOL. I. 2 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,... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - Statesmen - 1849 - 178 pages
...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...make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose oi his." Franklin, however, continued at the grammar school rather less than a year; although in that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs - 1849 - 78 pages
...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 my friends, that I should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him in this purpose of his. My... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 716 pages
...church. His early readiness in learning to read, ("which," says he, "must have been very early, for I do not remember when I could not read,") and the opinion of all his friends that he would certainly make a good scholar, encouraged Franklin's father in the purpose of giving him a... | |
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