 | James Parton - 1864 - 728 páginas
...the balloting was announced, he is reported to have turned to Dr. Rush, who sat next him, and said : "I am old and good for nothing ; but, as the storekeepers...fag end, and you may have me for what you please.' " The next balloting elected Thomas Jefferson, then thirty-three years of age, who would be dear to... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 720 páginas
...Dr. Rush, who sat next , him, and said : " I am old and good for nothing ; but, as the store1 keepers say of their remnants of cloth, ' I am but a fag end, and you may have me for what you please.' " The next balloting elected Thomas Jefferson, then thirty-three years of age, who would be dear to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 566 páginas
...result was announced, he is reported to have turned to Dr. Rush, who was sitting near him, and said: "I am old and good for nothing; but as the storekeepers...of their remnants of cloth, ' I am but a fag end, you may have me for what you please.' " On the next ballot Thomas Jefferson, then thirty-three years... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 768 páginas
...result was announced, he is reported to have turned to Dr. Rush, who was sitting near him, and said: "I am old and good for nothing; but as the storekeepers...of their remnants of cloth, ' I am but a fag end, you may have me for what you please.' " On the next ballot Thomas Jefferson, then thirty-three years... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 páginas
...result was announced, he is reported to have turned to Dr. Rush, who was sitting near him, and said: "I am old and good for nothing; but as the storekeepers say of their remnants of cloth, ' 1 am but a lag end, you may have me for what you please.' " On the next ballot Thomas Jefferson,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1876 - 394 páginas
...the result of the ballot was announced Franklin turned to Dr. Rush, who was at his side, and said, " I am old and good for nothing. But as the storekeepers...fag end, and you may have me for what you please.' " Thomas Jefferson, then thirty-three years of age, and as pure a patriot as ever lived, was next chosen.... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 páginas
...the result of the ballot was announced Franklin turned to Dr. Rush, who was at his side, and said, " I am old and good for nothing. But as the storekeepers...fag end, and you may have me for what you please." " Thomas Jefferson, then thirty-three years of age, and as pure a patriot as ever lived, was next chosen.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1884 - 564 páginas
...result was announced, he is reported to have turned to Dr. Rush, who was sitting near him, and said: "I am old and good, for nothing; but as the storekeepers say of their remnants of cloth, ' I am but a fug end, you may have me for what you please.' " On the next ballot Thomas Jefferson, then thirty-three... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 156 páginas
...chosen unanimously. He is said to have turned to a friend, when the result was announced, saying : " I am old and good for nothing ; but as the store-keepers...of their remnants of cloth, ' I am but a fag end, you may have me for what you please.' " Franklin was seventy years old when he went to France near... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 páginas
...chosen unanimously. He is said to have turned to a friend, when the result was announced, saying: " I am old and good for nothing; but as the store-keepers...of their remnants of cloth, ' I am but a fag end, you may have me for what you please.' " Franklin was seventy years old when he went to France near... | |
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I am old and good for nothing, but as the storekeepers say of their remnants of cloth, 'I am but a fag end, and you may have me for what you please. 
