 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age ; my father intending to devote me, as the tythe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early...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 - 1818 - 556 Seiten
...was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tythe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1818 - 590 Seiten
...his father Josiah, not only sent Benjamin to school at eight years old, but intended to devote him " as the tithe of his sons to the service of the church." However, the narrowness of his father's circumstances having prevented this; at the age of ten he was... | |
 | 1818 - 708 Seiten
...his father Josiah, not only sent Benjamin to school at eight years old, but intended to devote him " as the tithe of his sons to the service of the church." However, the narrowness of his father's circumstances having prevented this ; at the age of ten he... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 Seiten
...was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me as the tythe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early...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... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 522 Seiten
...knowledge and other indications of bright parts, prompted a disposition in his father "to devote Benjamin, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church." With this view, Benjamin, at the age of eight years, was sent to a grammar-school, where his progress... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 Seiten
...trades. I wasi put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending me, as the tythe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early...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 - 1849 - 78 Seiten
...different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devoting me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the...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 - 1850 - 716 Seiten
...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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My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. 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... 
