 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1853 - 446 páginas
...in the New Style to January 17th. " I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons,...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 uncle... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 414 páginas
...their own. He was born at Boston in 1 706, the youngest of ten sons. " My father," he says, " intended to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the " service of the Church ; " but on further reflection, the charges of a College education were thought too burthensome, and... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 402 páginas
...their own. He was born at Boston in 1706, the youngest often sons. "My father," he says, " intended to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the " service of the Church ; " but on further reflection, the charges of a College education were thought too burthensome, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 páginas
...was put to the grammer 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, HS I do not remember when I could not read, a.nd the opinion of all his friends, that I should certainly... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 434 páginas
...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,...Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his short-hand volumes of sermons, I suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 páginas
...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,...should certainly make a good scholar, encouraged him ih this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his s&prt-hand... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1869 - 426 páginas
...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,...Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his short-hand volumes of sermons, I suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 páginas
...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,...Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his short-hand volumes of sermons, I suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 páginas
...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,...Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give me all his short-hand volumes of sermons, I suppose as a stock to set up with, if I would learn his character.... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 páginas
...Benjamin was sent to the grammar-school, his father intending to carry out the Jewish law, in devoting him as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church, as a minister. "My early readiness in learning to read," he says, " (which must have been very early,... | |
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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... 
