 At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbor to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he...  Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions - Page 13by Edward Everett - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent, iu the conduct of life; and little or no notice was ever...good or bad flavor, preferable or inferior to this or (hat other thing of the kind, so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those matters,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and...of life; and little or no notice was ever taken of wlmt related to the victuals on the table, whether it was well t>r ill dressed, in or out of season,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and...or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victualson the table, whether it was well or ill dressed, in or out of season, of good or bad flavour,... | |
 | Heredity - 1844 - 220 pages
...or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just and...or out of season, of good or bad flavor, preferable to this or that other kind of thing; so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those... | |
 | Orson Squire Fowler - Eugenics - 1847 - 322 pages
...or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and...or out of season, of good or bad flavor, preferable to this or that other kind of thing ; so that I was brought up in such a perfect inattention to those... | |
 | Orson Squire Fowler - Heredity - 1848 - 310 pages
...or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and...ever taken of what related to the victuals on the bible ; whether it was well or ill dressed, in or out of season, of good or bad flavor, preferable... | |
 | Success - Conduct of life - 1851 - 362 pages
...some useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and...taken of what related to the victuals on the table." Such was the beginning of the life of this distinguished EMPLOYMENT OF LEISURE HOURS. 313 man. It seemed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just and...the victuals on the table; whether it was well or 11* ill dressed, in or out of season, of good or bad flavor, preferable or inferior to this or that... | |
 | 1858 - 348 pages
...some useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned Our attention to what was good, just, and...taken of what related to the victuals on the table." Such was the beginning of the life of this distinguished man. It seemed to hold out no very promising... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - Apprentices - 1862 - 580 pages
...cherryred fire, and filling the whole house with their savory perfumef — and why, too, the brisket of * "Little or no notice was ever taken of what related to the victuals on the table — whether well or ill cooked — in or out of season — of good or bad flavor — preferable or inferior to... | |
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