 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pàgines
...frequently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties. At his table he liked to have, as often as lie could, some sensible friend or neighbor to converse...our attention to what was good, just, and prudent, iu the conduct of life; and little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victuals on the... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pàgines
...some knowledge of mechanics, but his great excellence was his sound understanding and solid judgment." "At his table he liked to have as often as he could...might tend to improve the minds of his children." Benjamin was the youngest son by a second wife, whose name was Abiah Folger, the daughter of Peter... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1850 - 716 pàgines
...possible, some sensible friend or neighbor, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic of discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. " By this means," continues Franklin, "he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of... | |
 | Thomas Bridgman - 1856 - 450 pàgines
...private persons about their affairs when any difficulty occurred, and frequently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties. At his table he liked...which might tend to improve the minds of his children. My mother had likewise an excellent constitution : she suckled all her ten children. I never knew either... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 pàgines
...private persons about their affairs when any difficulty occurred, and frequently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties. At his table he liked...By this means he turned our attention to what was gopd, just, and prudent in the conduct of life ; and little or no notice was ever taken of what related... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pàgines
...about their affairs when any difficulty occurred, and frequently chosen an arbitrator be- 75 tween contending parties. At his table he liked to have,...means he turned our attention to what was good, just, 80 and prudent in the conduct of life ; and little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the... | |
 | 1883 - 82 pàgines
...private persons about their affairs, when any difficulty occurred, and frequently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties. At his table he liked...By this means he turned our attention to what was * Franklin's father and mother lie buried tugether in the Old (Iranary Uurying Ground, in Boston, where... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pàgines
...about their affairs when any difficulty occurred, and frequently chosen an arbitrator be- 75 tween contending parties. At his table he liked to have,...means he turned our attention to what was good, just, &=> and prudent in the conduct of life ; and little or no notice was ever taken of what related to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 pàgines
...persons about their affairs when any difficulty occurred, and frequently chosen an arbitrator batween contending parties. At his table he liked to have,...tend to improve the minds of his children. By this moans he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent in the conduct of life; and little... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1892 - 888 pàgines
...how his father "at the table liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend orneigh1юг to converse with, and always took care to start some...means he turned our attention to what was good, just, aud prudent, in the conduct of life." This insight into Franklin's childhood shows how early in life... | |
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At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbor to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. 
