Young Benjamin Franklin, Or, The Right Road Through Life: A Story to Show how Young Benjamin Franklin Learnt the Principles which Raised Him from a Printer's Boy to the First Ambassador of the American Republic ; a Boy's Book on a Boy's Own SubjectDavid Bryce, 1861 - 534 pages |
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Page 145
... honour and dignity ; to husband it with honour and dignity ; and , what is more , to spend it with honour and dignity too . And , please God , that is the high lesson your boy shall learn , before I have done with him . " " Be it so ...
... honour and dignity ; to husband it with honour and dignity ; and , what is more , to spend it with honour and dignity too . And , please God , that is the high lesson your boy shall learn , before I have done with him . " " Be it so ...
Page 161
... honour bright ! -yuck ! -honour bright , friend ! " " If it was for food , Adam , you should have it , and welcome , " was the plain answer . " Food be cursed ! " shouted the madman , again roused to a fury ; " there's that bit of ...
... honour bright ! -yuck ! -honour bright , friend ! " " If it was for food , Adam , you should have it , and welcome , " was the plain answer . " Food be cursed ! " shouted the madman , again roused to a fury ; " there's that bit of ...
Page 178
... honour and dignity - rich enough to be able to spurn the royal bribe , even though he was so poor in pocket as to be forced to borrow the means for a dinner the moment ..after . " Little Ben had never heard such utterances be- fore ...
... honour and dignity - rich enough to be able to spurn the royal bribe , even though he was so poor in pocket as to be forced to borrow the means for a dinner the moment ..after . " Little Ben had never heard such utterances be- fore ...
Page 194
... honour , I think it's the most delicate flavour in life : and with this , of course , there was just a simple glass of Madeira to wash it down . Well , after that came a small dish of lamb chops , breaded , with sauce piquante , for you ...
... honour , I think it's the most delicate flavour in life : and with this , of course , there was just a simple glass of Madeira to wash it down . Well , after that came a small dish of lamb chops , breaded , with sauce piquante , for you ...
Page 195
... honour ; and it wasn't until I had taken a glass of brandy and soda - water , that I could touch the least bit of the delicious cold partridge - pie I had got for breakfast . " By this time they had reached the gourmand's house ; and as ...
... honour ; and it wasn't until I had taken a glass of brandy and soda - water , that I could touch the least bit of the delicious cold partridge - pie I had got for breakfast . " By this time they had reached the gourmand's house ; and as ...
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Young Benjamin Franklin; Or the Right Road Through Life: A Story to Show How ... Henry Mayhew No preview available - 2017 |
Young Benjamin Franklin; Or the Right Road Through Life: A Story to Show How ... Henry Mayhew No preview available - 2015 |
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