 So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia and the majority of us so poor that I was not able with great industry to find more than fifty persons, mostly young tradesmen, willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each and ten shillings...  Annual Report - Sayfa 4Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) tarafından - 1861Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 sayfa
...them. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able with great industry to find more than...persons, (mostly young tradesmen,) willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum ; with this little fund we began.... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 sayfa
...them. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so pour, that I was not able with great industry to find more than fifty persons (mostly young tradesmen)'willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum ;... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 sayfa
...the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able, with industry, to find more than fifty persons, (mostly young tradesmen,) willing to pay down for the purpose, forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum: with this little fund we . began.... | |
 | Daniel Appleton White - 1830 - 72 sayfa
...necessary. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able, with great industry, to find more than...persons (mostly young tradesmen) willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum ; with this little fund we began.... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 sayfa
...readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able, with Q2 great industry, to find more than fifty persons, (mostly young tradesmen,) willing to pay down for the purpose, forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum: with this little fund we began.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 sayfa
...them. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able with great industry to find more than...persons, (mostly young tradesmen,) willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum , with this little fund we began.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 sayfa
...them. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able with great industry to find more than...persons, mostly young tradesmen, willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum. With this little fund we began.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 sayfa
...them. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able with great industry to find more than...persons, mostly young tradesmen, willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and ten shillings per annum. With this little fund we began.... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 sayfa
...says Franklin, " were the readers at that time in Philadelphia," and most of them " so poor," that he " was not able, with great industry, to find more than fifty" subscribers, in the outset, and they were " mostly young tradesmen." The fifty subscriptions of forty... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 sayfa
...them. So few were the readers at that time in Philadelphia, and the majority of us so poor, that I was not able, with great industry, to find more than...persons, mostly young tradesmen, willing to pay down for this purpose forty shillings each, and tea shillings per annum. With this little fund we began.... | |
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