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" I ever saw of the kind ; I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbors are out of bed. "
The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select - Page 49
1826
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...place, Keimer and Bradford; but Dr. Baird, (whom you and I saw many years after at his native place, St. Andrew's in Scotland) gave a contrary opinion...kind; I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." This struck the rest, and we soon...
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 11

English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...Scotcho man, however, Dr. Baird, of St. Andrew's, was a better judge of what industry would do, and he gave a contrary opinion. " For the industry of that...kind : I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." Baird was right. The business...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...Dr Baird observed, " The industry of that Franklin is superior to any thing I ever saw : I see him at work when I go home from the club ; and he is at it again before his neighbours are out of bed." One gentleman, who had heard this observation, immediately...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...Dr Baird observed, " The industry of that Franklin is superior to any thing I ever saw : I see him at work when I go home from the club ; and he is at it again before his neighbours are out of bed." One gentleman, who had heard this observation, immediately...
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Counsels and cautions for youth, in a ser. of letters

John Thornton - 1829 - 228 pages
...opinion. " The industry of that Franklin," said Dr. Baud, in a company where this matter was agitated, " is superior to any thing I ever saw of the kind. I see him still at work, \vhen I go home from the club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." His own...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...Dr. Biird, (whom you and I saw many years after a; his native place, St. Andrew's in Scotland,) give a contrary opinion : " For the industry of that Franklin,"...kind ; I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." This struck the rest, and we soon...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...place, Keimer and Bradford ; but Dr. Baird (whom you and I saw many years after at his native place, St. Andrew's in Scotland) gave a contrary opinion...kind ; I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." This struck the rest, and we soon...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 668 pages
...place, Keimer and Bradford ; but Dr. Baird (whom you and I saw many years after at his native place, St. Andrew's in Scotland) gave a contrary opinion...kind ; I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." This struck the rest, and we soon...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...place, Keimer and Bradford ; but Dr. Baird (whom you and I saw many years after at his native place, St. Andrew's in Scotland) gave a contrary opinion...kind ; I see him still at work when I go home from club, and he is at work again before his neighbours are out of bed." This struck the rest, and we soon...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Orville Luther Holley - Inventors - 1848 - 534 pages
...(Dr. Baird,) thought differently; for, said he, "the industry of that Franklin is superior to anything I ever saw of the kind. I see him still at work when I go RELIGIOUS VIEWS MODE OP WORSHIP. 149 home from the club, and he is at work again before his neighbors...
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