 My proposal was to build a wharf there fit for us to stand upon, and I showed my comrades a large heap of stones which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose.  Colonial Children - Page 211by Albert Bushnell Hart, Blanche Evans Hazard - 1902 - 233 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon, and I shewed my comrades a large heap of stones, which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the VOL. I. C evening, when the workmen... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon, and I shewed my comrades a large heap of stones, which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the evening when the workmen were ffone... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...for minnows. By much trampling we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon, and I showed my comrades a large...which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly in the evening, when the workmen were gone... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 664 pages
...for minnows. By much trampling we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon, and I showed my comrades a large...which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly in the evening, when the workmen were gone... | |
 | 1842 - 194 pages
...quagmire. Franklin proposed to his friends to build a wharf there, for them to stand upon ; and showed them a large heap of stones, which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and would answer their purpose exactly. 7. Accordingly, that evening, when the workmen were gone home,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...for minnows. By much trampling we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon, and I showed my comrades a large...which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly in the evening, when the workmen were gone... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - Inventors - 1848 - 534 pages
...for minnows. By much trampling we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon ; and I showed my comrades a...which Were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the evening, when the workmen were gone... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs - 1849 - 78 pages
...minnows. By much trampling, we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon, and I showed my comrades a large...which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the evening, when the workmen were gone... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 716 pages
...for minnows. By much trampling we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon ; and I showed my comrades a...which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the evening, when the workmen had gone... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...for minnows; by much trampling we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there for us to stand upon, and I showed my comrades a large...which were intended for a new house near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the evening, when the workmen were gone... | |
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