I could not, as it seemed to me, afford time to practise it. When about 16 years of age I happened to meet with a book, written by one Tryon, recommending a vegetable diet. I determined to go into it. My brother, being... The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Page 22by Benjamin Franklin - 1923 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 666 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
| Theodore Alois Buckley - Biography - 1853 - 446 pages
...extremely ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises and for reading was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printinghouse, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1868 - 434 pages
...boats near the shore and we made signs and called them to (From the Autograph, p. 14.) My time far these exercises and for reading was at night after...in the morning or on Sundays, when I contrived to In- in the printing house alone, cavilling as much as I could the Common attendance OH public worship... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 pages
...were some small boats near the shore and we made signs and called them to (From the Autograph, p. 14.) My time for these exercises and for reading was at...morning or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing house alone, avoiding as much as I could the Common attendance on public worship which my... | |
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