 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...and invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books as I chose to read. I now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote...two daughters': the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of the famous Teach (or Blackbeard ) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in street ballad... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...and invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books as I chose to read. I now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote...captain Worthilake, with his two daughters: the other wasa sailor's song, on the taking of the famous Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. They were wretched... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books, as I chose to read. I now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote...compose two occasional ballads. One was called " The "Light House Tragedy," and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...and invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books as I chose to read. W R i h I- rA x ^1 } [8 OZ U 6 L 4 :FȐA 'L 3? JZ # YӮ7 6 i: might turn to account, encouraged me, am! induced me to compose two occasional ballads. One was... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books, as I chose to read. I now took a stroug inclination for poetry, and wrote some little pieces....compose two occasional ballads. One was called The Light House Tragedy, and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 668 pages
...account, encouraged me, and induced me to compose two occasional ballads. One was called The Light House Tragedy, and contained an account of the shipwreck...his two daughters; the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of the famous Teach, or Blackbeard, the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in street-ballad... | |
 | 1842 - 194 pages
...to see his library. He very kindly offered to lend him any work that he might like to read. 15. He now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote some little pieces. His brother supposed that he might use this talent to advantage, and encouraged him to cultivate it.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books, as I chose to read. I now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote...compose two occasional ballads. One was called The Light House Tragedy, and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs - 1849 - 78 pages
...and invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books as I chose to read. I now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote...two daughters : the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of the famous Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in street ballad... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...and invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books as I chose to read. I now took a strong inclination for poetry, and wrote...compose two occasional ballads. One was called The Light House Tragedy, and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters;... | |
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Tragedy, and contained an account of the drowning of Captain Worthilake, with his two daughters : the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate. 
