 | 1792 - 548 էջ
...had been accuftomed in America, where the printers work alternately as competitors and af the prcfs. I drank nothing but water. The other workmen, to the...fifty, were great •drinkers of beer. I carried, осслГюпаЦу, a large form of letters up and down (lairs in each hand, while the others employ... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 324 էջ
...exercife, to which I had been accuflomed in America, where the printers work alternately as compofitors and at the prefs. I drank nothing but water. The other...beer. I carried occafionally a large form of letters in each hand, up and down flairs, while the reft employed both hands to carry one. They were furprized... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1794 - 348 էջ
...been accuftomsd in America, where the printers work alternately as compofitors and at the prefs. 1 drank nothing but water. The other workmen, to the...beer. I carried occafionally a large form of letters in each hmd, up and down flairs, while the reft employed both h.mds to carry one. They were fprprifed... | |
 | 366 էջ
...exercife, to which I had been accuftomed in America, where the printers work alternately as compofitors and at the prefs. I drank nothing but water. The other...letters up and down flairs in each hand, while the others employed both hands to carry one. They were furprifed to fee by this, and many other examples,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 էջ
...printers work alternately as compositors and at the press. I draRk nothing but water. The other woikmen, to the number of about fifty, were great- drinkers of beer. I carried occasionally a large form of letteis in each hand, up and down stairs, while the rest employed both... | |
 | 1812 - 314 էջ
...employment as a pressman at the printing-house of Watts, near Lincoln's-Inn.Fields. "I drank," says he, "nothing but water. The other workmen, to the number...about fifty, were great drinkers of beer. I carried occasionally a large form of types in each hand, up and down stairs, while the rest employed both hands... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 էջ
...compositor. He applied assiduously to bis business ; and was very desirous of laying by some money. He drank nothing but water. The other workmen, to the number of about fifty, were -great drinkers of VOL. I. * HL beer. They were surprised to see, that he was much stronger, and more active, than those... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1815 - 336 էջ
...had been accustomed in America, where the printers work alternately as compositors and at the press. I drank nothing but water. The other workmen, to the...about fifty, were great drinkers of beer. I carried occasionally a large form of letters in each hand, up and down stairs, while the rest employed both... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1821 - 758 էջ
...had been accustomed in America, where the printers work alternately as compositors, and at the press. I drank nothing but water. The other workmen, to the...number of about fifty, were great drinkers of beer. 1 carried, occasionally, a large form of letters up and down stairs in each hand, while the other employed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1823 - 310 էջ
...had been accustomed in America, where the printers work alternately as compositors and at the press. I drank nothing but water. The other workmen, to the...about fifty, were great drinkers of beer. I carried occasionally a large form of letters in each hand, up and down stairs, while the rest employed both... | |
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I drank nothing but water. The other workmen, to the number of about fifty, were great drinkers of beer. I carried occasionally a large form of letters in each hand, up and down stairs, while the rest employed both hands to carry one. They were surprised... 
