...pieces. My brother, supposing it might turn to account, encouraged me, and induced me to compose two occasional ballads. One was called 'The Lighthouse Tragedy,' and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song, on taking the...

...took notice of me, invited me to his library, and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little...other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate. They were wretchFRANKLIN S P1UNTING-PHESS ed stuff, in the GrubStreet ballad...

...took notice of me, invited me to his library, and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little...other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the GrubStreet ballad style ; and when they were...

...took notice of me, invited me to his library, and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little...other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub Street ballad style ; and, when they...

...letters to set up his business in Boston. In a little time I became a useful hand to my brother. " I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces. My brother encouraged me and put me on writing ballads, and when they were printed he sent me about the town to...

...took notice of me, invited me to his library, and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry and made some little...Tragedy,' and contained an account of the drowning of Capt. Worthilake with his two daughters. The other was a sailor's song on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard)...

...took notice of me, invited me to his library, and very kindly lent me such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry and made some little...Tragedy,' and contained an account of the drowning of Capt. Worthilake with his two daughters. The other was a sailor's song on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard)...

...to have an influence on his conduct through life." S.-IV, 208-9. 17 such books as I chose to read. I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little...Lighthouse Tragedy, and contained an account of the BENJAMIN FKANKLIN, APPRENTICE After a bronze tablet on the pedestal of Greenough's atatue drowning...

...encouraged me, and put me on composing occasional ballads. One was called ' The Lighthouse Tragedy,' ancT contained an account of the drowning of Captain Worthilake, with his two daughters: the other was a sailor song on the taking of Teach (or Blackboard) the pirate." It had been thought for many years...

...thought to be one of the ballads referred to by Benjamin Franklin in his autobiography. He says: '' I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces. My brother, thmkine it might turn to account, encouraged me, and put me on composing occasional ballads. One was...