 Adams, who had a pretty collection of books, and who frequented our printinghouse, 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 pieces; my brother,...  Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society - Página 62por Massachusetts Historical Society - 1922 - 483 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Richard Garnett - 1890 - 448 páginas
...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 pieces ; my brother, thinkipg it might turn to account, encouraged me, and put me on composing occasional ballads. One was... | |
 | Albert H. Smyth - 1889 - 324 páginas
...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...and contained an account of the drowning of Captain Worth ilake, with his two daughters : the other was a sailor's song on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard)... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 páginas
...took notice of me, invited me to his library, and very kindly lent me such books as 1 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 '2 ballad style ; and when they... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 páginas
...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...encouraged me, and put me on composing occasional ballads. 7. One was called the " Lighthouse Tragedy," and contained an account of the drowning of Captain Worthilake,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Julian Willis Abernethy - 1892 - 200 páginas
...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 pieces; my brother, thinking it might turn to account,1 encouraged 1. The street-ballad was a popular, and almost the only means of circulating sensational... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 páginas
...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 were... | |
 | William Swinton - 1894 - 686 páginas
...now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces. My brother, 155 thinking it might turn-to account, encouraged me, and put me on composing occasional ballads. One was called The Lighthouse 7'ragcdy, and contained an account of the drowning of Captain Worthilake, with his two daughters ;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 páginas
...pieces. My brother, supposing it might turn to account, encouraged me, and induced me to compose two occasional ballads. One was called The Light-House Tragedy, and contained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilako with his two daughters; the other was a sailors' song, on the taking... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 páginas
...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...his two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song, ou the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate. They were wretched stuff, in the Grub Street ballad... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 páginas
...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...account of the drowning of Captain Worthilake, with ids two daughters ; the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard), the pirate.... | |
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