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" 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 press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with... "
Perseverance Under Difficulties, as Shown in the Lives of Great Men - Page 85
by Perseverance - 1862 - 294 pages
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

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...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography

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...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

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...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 1

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...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 1

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...
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His Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 594 pages
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and ...

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...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

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...
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The Science of Health

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...
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Moralities for home, Volume 539

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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