...where now I dwell My name I do put here ; Without offence your real friend, It is Peter Folgier." 1 My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school 2 at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe 3 of his sons, to the service...

...unproductive period of boyhood was cut very short. Franklin's father speedily resolved to devote him, " as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church," and so sent him to the grammar school. A droller misfit than Franklin in an orthodox New England pulpit...

...daughter of Peter Folger, one of the first settlers of New England. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote...the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. I continued at the grammar-school rather less than a year, though in that time I had risen gradually...

...altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life. . . . My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe l of his sons,...

...town, where now I dwell, My name I do put here; Without offense your real friend, It Is Peter Folgier." My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to...

...typical Boston boy. At eight years old, his father intending to devote him, according to his own account, as the tithe of his sons to the service of the Church, he was put to the grammar school. He did not stay there long, for he did not accept his father's consecration...

...where now I dwell, My name I do put here ; Without offence your real friend, It is Peter Folger."f My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age ; my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons,...

...ItisPeterFolgier." My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote...learning to read (which must have been very early, as 1 do not remember when I could not read), and the opinion of all his friends that I 1 On the island...

...where now I dwell, My name I do put here ; Without offense your real friend, It is Peter Folgier."2 My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school 3 at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service...

...town, where now I dwell My name I do put here ; Without offense your real friend, ItisPeterFolgier." My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to...