 | Francis Jacox - 1873 - 516 sider
...mentioned a visit he had paid in 1724 to the doctor's father, who, on Ben's taking leave, showed him a shorter way out of the house, through a narrow passage, which was crossed by a beam over head. "Stoop ! stoop !" cried the old man, as Ben neared the beam. " I did not understand him,"... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 sider
...the beginning of 1724, when I visited him after my first trip to Pennsylvania. He received me in his library, and on my taking leave showed me a shorter...through a narrow passage, which was crossed by a beam over head. We were still talking as I withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning partly towards... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 sider
...the beginning of 1724, when I visited him after my first trip to Pennsylvania. He received me in his library, and on my taking leave showed me a shorter...through a narrow passage, which was crossed by a beam over head. We were still talking as I withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning partly towards... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1875 - 386 sider
...keinen Beistand erwarten. PROFESSOR SELSS. 1 . Translate into German : Your father received me in his library, and on my taking leave, showed me a shorter way out of the house, through a narrow passage, over which hung a thick beam. We were still talking as I withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 sider
...Franklin, in a letter, written sixty years after, when residing in France, to a son of Mather, " in his library, and on my taking leave, showed me a shorter...toward him, when he said hastily, ' Stoop ! Stoop 1 ' I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1876 - 878 sider
...1724, whenl visited him after my first trip to Pennsylvania. He received me in his library; and on mv taking leave, showed me a shorter way out of the house....beam overhead. "We were still talking as I withdrew, ho accompanying me behind, and I raniing partly toward him, when he said hastily, 'Stoop! stoop!' I... | |
 | Short stories - 1876 - 168 sider
...opportunity of giving advice, especially to youth. On taking leave of the venerable preacher, he was shown a shorter way out of the house, through a narrow passage which was crossed by a beam overhead. On nearing it, the old man cried hastily, ' Stoop ! Stoop ! ' Franklin did not understand the warning,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1877 - 982 sider
...the beginning of 1734, when I visited him after my first trip to Pennsylvania. He received me in his library; and, on my taking leave, showed me a shorter...withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning partly towards him, when he said hastily, ' Stoop 1 stoop! ' I did not understand him till I felt my head... | |
 | 1877 - 972 sider
...the beginning of 1731, when I visited M™ after my first trip to Pennsylvania. He received me in his library; and, on my taking leave, showed me a shorter...withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning partly towards him, when he said hastily, ' Stoop! stoop I ' I did not understand him till I felt my head... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1877 - 386 sider
...time I saw your father was in 1724. On taking my leave, he showed me a shorter way out of the house by a narrow passage which was crossed by a beam overhead....withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning towards him, when he said hastily, ' Stoop, stoop ! ' I did not understand him till I felt my head... | |
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We were still talking as I withdrew, he accompanying me behind, and I turning partly towards him, when he said hastily, "Stoop, stoop! 
