 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...I was surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood more of that language than I had imagined ; which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I mst with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 156 pages
...surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood so much more of that language than I had imagined, which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances, I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1886 - 256 pages
...surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood so much more of that language than I had imagined, which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances, I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 pages
...surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood so much more of that language than I had imagined, which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances, I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 pages
...surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood so much more of that language than I had imagined, which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. After ten years' absence from... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Digital images - 1892 - 888 pages
...surprised to find on looking over » Latin Testament, that I understood more of that language than I hail imagined; which encouraged me to apply myself again...with the more success, as those preceding languages bad greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances, I have thought there was some inconsistency... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Julian Willis Abernethy - 1892 - 200 pages
...surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood so much more of that language than I had imagined, which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances, I... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Universities and colleges - 1893 - 540 pages
...I was surprised to find on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood more of that language than I had imagined: which encouraged me to apply...those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances, I have thought there was some inconsistency in our common mode of teach i... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 pages
...find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood more of that language than I had imngined; which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 pages
...surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood so much more of that language than I had imagined, which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it, and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. From these circumstances, I... | |
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... year's instruction in a Latin school, and that when very young, after which I neglected that language entirely. But when I had attained an acquaintance with the French, Italian, and Spanish, I was... 
