| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...I drank only water ; the other workmen, near 50 in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...wondered to see from this and several instances, that the Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves who drank strong beer ! We had an alehouse... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...but one in both hands; they wondered to see from this and several instances, that the Water-American as they called me, was stronger than themselves who drank strong beer! We had an alehouse boy, who attended always in the house to supply the workmen. My companion at the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...drank only water; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...wondered to see from this and several instances, that the Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves who drank strong beer ! We had an alehouse... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...drank only water; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...to see, from this and several instances, that the WaterAmerican, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer ! We had an alehouse... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 688 pages
...drank only water; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer ! We had an alehouse boy, who attended always in the house to supply the workmen. My companion at the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...drank only water ; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...to see, from this and several instances, that the WaterAmerican, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer ! We had an alehouse... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...drank only water; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...to see, from this and several instances, that the Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer! We had an ale-house... | |
| Stephen Henry Ward - 1853 - 432 pages
...drank only water ; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...to see, from this and several instances, that the WaterAmerican, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer. We had an alehouse... | |
| George Etell Sargent - 1854 - 172 pages
...drank only water ; the other workmen, near fifty in number, were great drinkers of beer. On occasion, I carried up and down stairs a large form of types...to see, from this and several instances, that the Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer ! — • My... | |
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