 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 páginas
...I was a child, of seven years of age, my friends, on a holiday,9 filled my pockets with coppers.10 I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for...and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I saw on the way in the hands of 1 See § 86, 8.—' Contrived to steal, Parvlnt ft iU'rober.— 3... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1861 - 256 páginas
...following extract from a paper by its author, Benjamin Franklin : — " When I was a child of seven years old my friends on a holiday filled my pockets with...and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I then... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1870 - 146 páginas
...was a boy seven years old, his friends, when he had a HOLIDAY, gave him some halfpence. He went off directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and being pleased with the sound of a WHISTLE, offered all the money he had to buy one. He then went home, and... | |
 | Egone Cunradi - 1873 - 234 páginas
...THE WHISTLE. A TRUE STORY — WRITTEN BY Dr. FRANKLIN TO HIS NEPHEW. When I was a child, seven years old, my friends on a holiday filled my pockets with...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, I howewer met with a boy who had a whistle, the sound of which" pleased me very much. I voluntarily... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 páginas
...mean ? You love stories, and will excuse my telling one of myself. When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with...and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 768 páginas
...mean ? You love stories, and will excuse my telling one of myself. When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with...and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 páginas
...to it sixty-six years after, in a letter to a French lady : — " When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with...and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1876 - 394 páginas
...following account of the event in his autobiography, written after the lapse of sixty-six years : " My friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with coppers....and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily gave all my money for one. I then came... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 280 páginas
...branches taught in the schools. FOURTH READER. I.— THE WHISTLE. 1. When I was a cbild, seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with...and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. 2. I... | |
 | Emil Otto - 1878 - 186 páginas
...60. The Whisile. A TRUE STOKY WRITTEN FOR HIS NEPHEW BY DR. FRANKLIN. When I was a child seven years old, my friends on a holiday filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to1 a shop where they2 sold toys for children; and being charmed with3 the sound of a whistle that... | |
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I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me... 
