 I failed entirely in arithmetic. At ten years old I was taken to help my father in his business, which was that of a tallowchandler and soap-boiler ; a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he found...  The Mount Vernon Papers - 24 ページEdward Everett 著 - 1860 - 490 ページ全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 ページ
...tallow-chandler, and soap-boiler : a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival at New- England, because he found that his dyeing trade,...his family. Accordingly, I was employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the moulds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, &c.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 ページ
...and soap-boiler: a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival at New-England, because he found that his dyeing trade, being in little...his family. Accordingly I was employed in cutting wick for the candles, tilling the moulds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, &c.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 576 ページ
...and soap-boiler: a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival at New-England, because he found that his dyeing trade, being in little...his family. Accordingly I was employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the moulds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, &c.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 ページ
...in his business of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler, a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he. found that his dying trade, being in little request, would not maintain his family. Accordingly, I was employed in... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 ページ
...more than ten years old, to assist him in his own business. Accordingly, he was employed, he tells us, in cutting wicks for the candles, filling the moulds for cast candles, attending the shop, going errands, and other drudgery of the same kind. He shewed so much dislike, however, to this business,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 464 ページ
...more than ten years old, to assist him in his own business. Accordingly, he was employed, he tells us, in cutting wicks for the candles, filling the moulds for cast candles, attending the shop, going errands, and other drudgery of the same kind. He shewed so much dislike, however, to this business,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 ページ
...father in his business of a tallow-chandler and soapboiler, a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he found that his dying trade, being in little request, would not maintain his family. Accordingly, I was employed in... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 ページ
...business, which was that of a tallowchandler and soap-boiler ; a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he...the trade, and had a strong inclination to go to sea ; but my father declared against it. But, residing near the water, I was much in it and on it. I learned... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 ページ
...business, which was that of a tallowchandler and soap-boiler ; a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he...the trade, and had a strong inclination to go to sea ; but my father declared against it. But, residing near the water, I was much in it and on it. I learned... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 ページ
...business, which was that of a tallowchandler and soap-boiler ; a business to which he was not bred, but had assumed on his arrival in New England, because he...cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, &LC. I disliked the trade, and had a strong inclination to go to sea; but my father declared against... | |
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