 I contrived to be in the printing-house alone, evading as much as I could the common attendance on public worship which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care, and which indeed I still thought a duty, though I could not, as it seemed...  A History of Literature in America - Page 86by Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1904 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1853 - 446 pages
...extremely ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises and for reading was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printinghouse, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 pages
...were some small boats near the shore and we made signs and called them to (From the Autograph, p. 14.) My time for these exercises and for reading was at...morning or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing house alone, avoiding as much as I could the Common attendance on public worship which my... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 434 pages
...boats near the shore and we made signs and called them to (From the Autograph, p. 14.) My time far these exercises and for reading was at night after...in the morning or on Sundays, when I contrived to In- in the printing house alone, cavilling as much as I could the Common attendance OH public worship... | |
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