 I endeavored to convince him that the bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that there was more flour in a pennyworth of bread ; and therefore, if...  Rural School Methods - Page 425by Elmer L. Ritter, Alta L. Wilmarth - 1925 - 453 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...the bodily strength afforded by beer, could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that...flour in a pennyworth of bread, and therefore if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...of which it was made; that there was more flour in a pennyworth of bread, and therefore if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more...strength than a quart of beer. He drank on however, anil had four or five shillings to pay out of his wages every Saturday night for that vile liquor;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...less paymaster than all mankind." УОЕЯО, VA. III. Epift. II. p. то 18 19 flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that...flour in a pennyworth of bread, and therefore if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 666 pages
...the bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that...flour in a pennyworth of bread; and therefore, if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...the bodily strength afforded by beer, could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that...flour in a pennyworth of bread; and therefore, if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...the bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that...flour in a pennyworth of bread ; and therefore, if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - Medicine, Popular - 1853 - 432 pages
...that the bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that...flour in a pennyworth of bread ; and therefore, if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...for a gallon of porter, and drank with them. This press is now in the Patent Office at Washington. water of which it was made; that there was more flour in a pennyworth of bread; and therefore, if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...the bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that there was more flour in a penny worth of bread; and, therefore, if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Printers - 1856 - 654 pages
...the bodily strength afforded by beer could only be in proportion to the grain or flour of the barley dissolved in the water of which it was made ; that...flour in a pennyworth of bread ; and therefore, if he could eat that with a pint of water, it would give him more strength than a quart of beer. He drank... | |
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