 | Readers - 1907 - 284 pages
...effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. 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 book, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I... | |
 | MARY CAROLINE CRAWFORD - 1908 - 540 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... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - Boston (Mass.) - 1908 - 500 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 - 1908 - 430 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 - 1909 - 236 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 - Biography & Autobiography - 1909 - 432 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. Art acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...persuaded and signed the indenture when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1910 - 216 pages
...time, but at last was persuaded and signed the indentures 2 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 some1 A chapman was a peddler. times to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return... | |
 | Margaret Ashmun - American literature - 1910 - 314 pages
...persuaded, and signed the indenture, when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to serve an apprenticeship till I was twenty-one years of age, only I was to...during the last year. In a little time I made great progress in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. I now had access to better books.... | |
 | Edward Fulton - English language - 1911 - 336 pages
...persuaded, and signed the indenture, when I was yet but twelve years old. I was to 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... | |
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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... 
