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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,... "
The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ... - Page 143
by Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 290 pages
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Benjamin Franklin: His Life

Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 332 pages
...her : "You love stories, and will excuse my telling one of myself. "When I was a child of 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 and gave all my money for...
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A Library of American Literature...

Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...telling one of myself. 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...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...
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From Boyhood to Manhood, Life of Benjamin Franklin

William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1889 - 510 pages
...telling one of myself. " 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...; 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...
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Initial Studies in American Letters

Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1891 - 296 pages
...telling one of myself. 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...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...
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Beacon Lights of Patriotism: Or, Historic Incentives to Virtue and Good ...

Henry Beebee Carrington - American literature - 1894 - 448 pages
...MUCH FOR THE WHISTLE. WHEN I was a child, 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 in the hands of another boy whom I met by the way, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for...
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A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present ...

Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - American literature - 1894 - 592 pages
...telling one of myself. 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...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...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Book 4

Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens, George Henry Browne - Literature - 1895 - 328 pages
...Benjamin Franklin. 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...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...
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Initial Studies in American Letters

Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1895 - 324 pages
...seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shopwhere 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 offered and gave all my money for...
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A Ramble at Sewanee: The Seat of the University of the South. Baccalaureate ...

Charles Frederick Hoffman - 1896 - 204 pages
...for your whistle. Listen to Benjamin Franklin on this subject. " When I was a child of 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 and gave all my money for...
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Stories from American History

Edward Sylvester Ellis - United States - 1896 - 184 pages
...telling one of myself. "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...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...
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