 ... fear of being thought to have but little. Then I walked up the street, gazing about till near the markethouse I met a boy with bread. I had made many a meal on bread, and, inquiring where he got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me...  The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Page 31by Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 243 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 426 pages
...unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there. I was in my working dress, my best cloaths being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1869 - 426 pages
...dress, my best cloaths being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stufTd out with shirts and stockings, and I knew no soul...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1871 - 784 pages
...got i,. I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it...for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none." Ignorant of the value of money, and the names of bread, he asked for three-penny worth of any sort.... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1873 - 246 pages
...bought it, I went immediately to the baker'* he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. joiir'ney Phu-a-deTphi-a flg'ure cop'per bfe'euit (bls'kjt) awk'ward ri-dlc'u-lous draught re-freshed'... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 pages
...about a shilling in copper. The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage, who at first r refus'd it, on account of my rowing ; but I insisted...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 814 pages
...copper. The latter I gave the people of the boat for my passage, who at first 126 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF refus'd it, on account of my rowing ; but I insisted...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 pages
...plenty, perhaps thro' fear of being thought to have but little. Then I walked up the street, ga2ing about till near the market-house I met a boy with...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1875 - 248 pages
...bought it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. they had none such. So, not considering or knowing the difference of money, or the greater cheapness... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...got it, I went immediately to the baker's he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it...was told they had none such. So, not considering or 315 knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Printers - 1884 - 598 pages
...dress, my best cloaths being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey ; my pockets were stufTd out with shirts and stockings, and I knew no soul...the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bad him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I... | |
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