 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years...An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one •...An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - Biography & Autobiography - 1876 - 416 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years...business, and became a useful hand to my brother." He is careful to tell us that he now had access to better books. There were several bookstores in the... | |
 | Education - 1877 - 972 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years...An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1877 - 982 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was te persons about their affairs when any difficulty...arbitrator between contending parties. At his table he enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years...useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better boots. 5. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1879 - 508 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve as an apprentice till I was twenty-one years...hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. 5. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small book,... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 430 pages
...was to be allowed journeyman's wages during the last year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother....An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon, and clean. Often I... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 pages
...good than on any other kind of reputation." — Franklin to S. Mather, 1784. serve an apprenticeship till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to...wages during the last year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 pages
...was to be allowed journeyman's wages during the last year. In a little time I made a great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. Au acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which... | |
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In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to... 
