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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 ... Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and ... - Page 171
by Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 304 pages
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The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum

150 pages
...directly lo a l'hop where they fold toys for children ; and being charmed with the found of a Whijtle, that I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home, and went whiftling all over the houl'e, much pleafed...
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The New, general and complete weekly magazine; or, entertaining Mercury

302 pages
...direSly to a (hop where they fold toys for children ; and being charmed with the found of a whiftle that I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home, and went whittling all over the houfe, much pleafed...
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The Universalist's Miscellany, Or, Philanthropist's Museum, Volume 3

Universalism - 1799 - 404 pages
...WRITTEN BY DR. FRANKLIN, TO HIS NEPHEW. ""^TTTTREN I was a child, at feven years o)d, my friends on a \ \ holiday, filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to, a fhop where they fold toys for children; and being charmed with the founu of a wbi/tU, that 1 met by...
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The American Preceptor: Being a New Selection of Lessons for Reading and ...

Caleb Bingham - Literature - 1801 - 234 pages
...to a fhop where they fold toys for children ; .and being charmed with the fourui of a Whiftle, which I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered, and gave all my money for one. . 2. I then came home* and went whiftling afl over the '(cuff, much...
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The School of Wisdom

Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...dirtctly to a thot, where they ibid toys for children ; and being charmed wi.h the found of a ivh'iftle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered all my money for one. I then came home, and went whiffling all over tha Iui'sfe, much pleaied with...
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Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...TO HIS NEPHEW.' When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockeis with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, which. 1 saw by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one....
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...\X7HEN I was a child, nt seven years old, says Dr. Franklin, my friends on a holiday filled my little pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and being charmed v/ith the s«und of a < whistle, which I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 232 pages
...directly to a (hop where they f"K! toys for children ;and being charmed with the found cf a Whittle, which I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered, and gave all my money for one. 2- I then came home, and went whirling all over the houfe, much pleafed...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...considerable time at his ov.-n house, and I believe, entirely at his ow} .expense, —•«»__ THE WHISTLE. they sold toys for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a Whistle, which f met by the way in the Iwnds of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for...
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Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Memoirs of His Early Life

Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...I was a child, about seven year old, nijr friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with cop. pcrs. 1 went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a rvhistle, that I met by the way in tht hands of another boy, I voluntarily otttred him all my money...
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