| E S. P - 1880 - 594 pages
...forty sheets, on which he worked exceediugly hard, for the price was low. " I composed," says he, " a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press...often eleven at night, and sometimes later, before I hail finished my distribution for tho next day's work ; for the little jobs sent in by our other friends... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1881 - 648 pages
...that sect of religionists, then preparing at the expense of the body. ' Upon these,' says Franklin, 'we worked exceeding hard, for the price was low. It was a folio. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. off at press. It was often eleven... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro putrid size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked...I had finished my distribution for the next day's work. For the little jobs sent in by our other friends now and then put us back. But, so determined... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1882 - 668 pages
...exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patrid size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked...later, before I had finished my distribution for the nextday's work. For the little jobs sent in by our other friends now and then put us back. But, so... | |
| Printer - 1884 - 172 pages
...he says, speaking of a work that he, with his partner Meredith, had obtained to print: " Upon this we worked exceeding hard, for the price was low. It was, a folio. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press. It was often eleven at night, and sometimes... | |
| Charles Riché Hildeburn - American literature - 1885 - 448 pages
...the Quakers, the printing 40 sheets of their history, the rest to be done by Keimer ; and upon this we worked exceeding hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press." On this passage... | |
| W & R CHAMBERS - 1887 - 238 pages
...I composed a sheet a day, and Meredith put it to press. It was frequently eleven o'clock at night, sometimes later, before I had finished my distribution for the next day's task; for the little things which our friends occasionally sent us kept us back with this work; but... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 pages
...of forty sheets of their history, the rest being done by Keimer; and upon this we worked exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes, I composed of it a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press; it was often... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 pages
...of forty sheets of their history, the rest being done by Keimer; and upon this we worked exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed of it a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press; it was often... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 pages
...forty sheets of their history, the rest being done by Keimer ; and upon this we worked exceedingly hard, for the price was low. It was a folio, pro patria size, in pica, with long primer notes. I composed of it a sheet a day, and Meredith worked it off at press; it was often... | |
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