 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 bands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for  Essays and Letters - Page 101by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...common sense. " When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...of that caution. Whon I was a child of seven years old, my friende, on a holiday, filled my jx>cket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whittle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1856 - 590 pages
...will excuse my telling one of myself. When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to...the sound of a whistle, 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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1856 - 440 pages
...on a holiday filled my pocket with half-pence. I went directly towards a shop where toys were sold for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I "voluntarily offered him all the money I had for it. 2. I then came home, and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 760 pages
...Saunders. THE WHISTLE. When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop, where...the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...SAUNDERS. THE WHISTLE. When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop, where...the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling... | |
 | Robert Demaus - Education - 1860 - 296 pages
...on a holiday, filled my pockets with halfpence. I went directly towards a shop, where toys were sold for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I then came home, and went whistling... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...RICUARD SAUNDERS. When I was a child, at seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my little pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop, where...the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...Swift. THE WHISTLE. WHEN I was a child, at seven years old, my friends on a holiday filled my pockets with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they...the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling... | |
 | Thomas Simpson Birkby - 1864 - 104 pages
...holiday time, filled my pockets with half-pence. I went at once to find a toy shop, but, being charmed by the sound of a whistle that I met by the way, in the hands of a boy, I willingly gave him all my half-pence for it. I then came home, and went whistling... | |
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