My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's... Exploring American History - Página 100por D. H. Montgomery - 2007 - 360 páginasVista previa limitada - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work. I thought it a detestable custom ;... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work. I thought it a detestable custom ;... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work. I thought it a detestable custom ;... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done'his day's work. I thought it a detestable custom ;... | |
| 1915 - 464 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work. I thought it a detestable custom; but... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1889 - 510 páginas
..."Just stop a moment and think what a beer-barrel you make of yourself ; a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon, a pint at six o'clock, and a pint when you have done work — almost a gallon each day ! Why, I could... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work. 29 I thought it a detestable custom... | |
| Walter W. Spooner - 1891 - 684 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about 6 o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work. I thought it a detestable custom , but... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1892 - 202 páginas
...at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work. I thought it a detestable custom; but... | |
| David Henry Montgomery - 1892 - 278 páginas
...took another pint at breakfast, then a pint between breakfast and dinner, then a pint at dinner, then a pint in the afternoon, and, last of all, a pint after he had done work. Franklin drank nothing but water. The others laughed at him, and nicknamed him the "WaterAmerican... | |
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