 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Statesmen - 1876 - 394 pages
...near the office said to some of his friends : " The industry of that Franklin is superior to anything I ever saw of the kind. I see him still at work when...from the club, and he is at work again before his neighbors are out of bed." This statement produced such an impression upon a merchant who was present,... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Statesmen - 1876 - 214 pages
...integrity. " The industry of that Franklin," said an eye-witness of his early habits (Dr. Baird), " is superior to any thing 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." And you all remember how the aledrinking... | |
 | Emily Taylor - Historical fiction - 1876 - 292 pages
...thought it likely to succeed. " For," he said, "the industry of that Franklin is superior to anything 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 neighbours are out of bed." Not long after this, Keimer, who... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 pages
...near the office said to some of his friends : " The industry of that Franklin is superior to anything I ever saw of the kind. I see him still at work when...from the club, and he is at work again before his neighbors are out of bed." This statement produced such an impression upon a merchant who was present,... | |
 | Walter K. Fobes - Recitations - 1899 - 266 pages
...industry of that Franklin," said an eye-witness of his early habits Dr. Baird), " is superior to anything I ever saw of the kind; I see him still at work when...from the club, and he is at work again before his neighbors are out of bed." And you all remember how the ale-drinking apprentices of London sneered... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1886 - 256 pages
...Scotland) gave a contrary opinion: " For the industry of that Franklin," says he, " is superior to anything 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." This struck the rest, and we soon... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 pages
...place, St. Andrews, in Scotland), gave a contrary opinion : " For the industry of that Franklin," says he, "is superior to any thing 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." This struck the rest; and we soon... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Biography & Autobiography - 1889 - 510 pages
...Baird, a prominent physician, and he said : " It will prove a success. For the industry of that Franklin is superior to any thing 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." "Doctor, I guess you are right,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - United States - 1890 - 320 pages
...standing by said ho thought otherwise : " For the industry of that Franklin is superior to anything I ever saw of the kind ; I see him still at work when I go home from my club, and he is at work again before his neighbors are out. of bed." 13. There was only one newspaper... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 pages
...Baird gave a contrary opinion : " For the industry of that Franklin," says he; "is superior to anything 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." This struck the rest, and we soon... | |
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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. 
