 I stopped my horse lately, where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean, old man,...  Select Pieces - Page 2by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Parton - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 668 pages
...auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do?' Father Abraham stood up and replied, ' If... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...an auction of merchant's goods. The hour of sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...Pray, father Abraham, what think you of the times * Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we be ever able to pay them ? What would... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean, old man, with white looks, " Pray, father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not those heavy taxes quite ruin... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not those heavy taxes quite ruin the country! how shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1866 - 396 pages
...auction of merchant's goods The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...times ? Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the coiintry? How shall we ever be able to pay them '! What would you advise us to d6 ?" 2. Father Abraham... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...auction of merchant's goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not those heavy taxes quite ruin, the country ? How shall we be ever able to pay them? What would you advise... | |
 | Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...he represents a plain, clean old man with white locks, called " Father Abraham," as being asked, " Will not these heavy taxes .quite ruin the country? How shall we ever be able to pay them?" Father Abraham replied, " Friends, the taxes are indeed very heavy ; and... | |
 | William H. Ablett - Commerce - 1867 - 94 pages
...auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...ever able to pay them ? What would you advise us to do ? ' Father Abraham stood up, and replied, ' if you would have my advice, I will give it you in short;'... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to ? " father Abraham stood up, and replied, "If... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 984 pages
...auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a...plain, clean old man, with white locks, "Pray, father Abrabam, what think you of the times? Will not these heavy taxes fjuite ruin the country? how shall... | |
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