 By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and...  Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions - Page 19by Edward Everett - 1850Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1818 - 594 pages
...method in the arrangement of his thoughts. " Thus," says he, " by comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults, and corrected them ; but...time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which 1 was extremely ambitious." Here again his father's good sense was of advantage to him. Some judicious... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...original, 1 discovered many faults and corrected them j but I sometimes had the pleasure to fancy, that in particulars of small consequence I had been fortunate...encouraged me to think, that I might in time come to he a tolerabfe English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious. The time I alloted for writing exercises... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults and corrected them ; but I sometimes had the pleasure to fancy, that in particulars of small consequence I had been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language,... | |
 | Art - 1834 - 602 pages
...them ; but sometimes liad the pleasure to fancy that, in certain particulars of small consequence, 1 had been fortunate enough to improve the method or...might, in time, come to be a tolerable English writer, uf which I was extremely ambitious." franklin added to his habits of industry a self-denial and control... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults and corrected them ; but I sometimes had the pleasure to fancy, that in particulars of small consequence I had been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults, and corrected them ; but...that, in certain particulars of small consequence, 1 had been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think,... | |
 | Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1844 - 524 pages
...was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults, and corrected them ; but...the method or the language ; and this encouraged me 1 3 think that I might, in time, come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious."... | |
 | People - 1845 - 348 pages
...This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original I discovered many faults and corrected them ; but...particulars of small consequence I had been fortunate enough to'improve the method or the language ; and this encouraged me to think that I might in time come to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1848 - 676 pages
...was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults, and corrected them ; but...the language, and this encouraged me to think, that T might in time come to be a tolerable English writer; of which I was extremely ambitious. The time... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...thus with great modesty related by himself. "By comparing my work with the original, I discovered my faults and corrected them; but I sometimes had the pleasure to fancy that in particulars of small consequence, I had been fortunate enough to improve the merit or the language,... | |
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