 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 sayfa
...afforded by beer, could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that there was more flour...wages every Saturday night for that vile liquor ; an expence I was free from. And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under. Watts, after some... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 sayfa
...afforded by beer, could only be in proportion to the grain or L flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made; that there was more flour...strength than a quart of beer. He drank on however, anil had four or five shillings to pay out of his wages every Saturday night for that vile liquor;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 sayfa
...pennyworth of bread, and theri Ion if he could cut that v. ith a pint of water, it would give him ni»re strength than a quart of beer. He drank on however,...shillings to pay out of his wages every Saturday night lor that vile liquor; .an expense I was free from: and thus these poor devils keep themselves always... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 sayfa
...which it was made ; that there was more flour in a penny-worth of bread; and therefore, if he would eat that, with a pint of water, it would give him...for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from." No wonder that these mistaken hardworking men always, as he says, " kept themselves under." Much to... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 522 sayfa
...afforded by beer, could only be in proportion to the grain, or flour, of the barley, dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that there was more flour in a penny-worth of bread ; and therefore, if he would eat that, with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - 1853 - 432 sayfa
...strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that there was more flour...on, however, and had four or five shillings to pay every Saturday night for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from." He afterwards remarks, " From... | |
 | George Etell Sargent - 1854 - 172 sayfa
...— ' that it was necessary to drink strong beer that he might be strong to labour. So he drank on, and had four or five shillings to pay out of his wages...for that vile liquor : an expense I was free from. * * * * ' ' From my example, a great many of the men left ofl' their muddling breakfast of beer, bread,... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 sayfa
...strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made; that there was more flour...for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from." But Franklin thought it due to his companion not only to reason with him, but to convince him by example.... | |
 | Eliphalet Nott - 1857 - 388 sayfa
...bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that there was more flour...Saturday night for that vile liquor, — an expense which I was free from ; and thus tJi ese poor devils keep themselves alwayi under." — See Dr. Franklin's... | |
 | Alonzo Potter - 1858 - 468 sayfa
...strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the Water of which it was made; that there was more flour...Saturday night for that vile liquor, — an expense which I was free from ; and thus these poor devils keep themselves always under." See Dr. Franklin's... | |
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I endeavored to convince him that the bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that there was more flour in a pennyworth of bread ; and therefore, if... 
