 | 1907 - 264 Seiten
...and milk, and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon ; but one morning I found it in a china bowl with a spoon of silver ! They had been bought for me by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of three and twenty shillings, for which she had no other... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 Seiten
...instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make, but that she thought... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1908 - 480 Seiten
...instance, my breakfast was for a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1908 - 476 Seiten
...instance, my breakfast was for a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1908 - 480 Seiten
...instance, my breakfast was for a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 Seiten
...(no tea), and I eat it out of a twopenny earthen porringer with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxuries will enter families and make a progress in spite of...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of twenty-three shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make but that she thought her... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1910 - 216 Seiten
...instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make but that she thought... | |
 | Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) - 1911 - 614 Seiten
...instance, my breakfast was for a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury...which she had no other excuse or apology to make, but that she thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and china bowl as well as any of his neighbours.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1912 - 274 Seiten
...earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, 15 in spite of principle; being called one morning to...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of three-andtwenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or20 apology to make, but that she thought... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - 1915 - 234 Seiten
...my breakfast was a long time bread and milk — no tea — and I ate it out of a two penny earthen porringer with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury...one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl 18 with a spoon of silver ! They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, for which... | |
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We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will... 
