 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...WHEN I was a child at seven years old, says Dr. Franklin, my friends on a holiday filled my little pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where...children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, which I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered, and gave all my money for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...telling one of myself. When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holyday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...telling one of myself. When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whiatle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I vountarily offered him all my money for... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...telling one of myself. When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holyday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...sold toys for children ; and being charmed with the 102 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS, sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1822 - 272 pages
...TO HIS NEPHEW. WHEN I was a child, about seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop, where they...children: and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1823 - 310 pages
...WRITTEN TO HIS NEPHEW. WJien I was a child, at seven years old, my friends on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers, I went directly to a shop where they...children -, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one.... | |
 | Agriculture - 1825 - 538 pages
...When I was a child of seven years old (saysDoctor Franklin) my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...children; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way In the hands' of another boy, I voluntarily offered, and gave all my money for... | |
 | English wit & humor - 1825 - 204 pages
...I was a child , of seven years old, my friends on a holiday rilled my pockets with coppers. I went to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily ofiereel, and gave all my money for... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...BAGATELLES. No. 1. THE WHISTLE, A true Story. — Written to his Nephew. WHEN I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with...children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one.... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...BAGATELLES. No. 1. THE WHISTLE, A true Story. — Written to his Nephew. WHEN I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with...children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one.... | |
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When I was a child of seven years old my friends on a holiday filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy,... 
