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" Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them... "
The Stoddard Library: Eliot-Gladstone - Page 261
by John Lawson Stoddard - 1913
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 464 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...of his remarks, and thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing, and determined to endeavour to improve my style. About this time I met with an...verses ; since the continual search for words of the saine import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different sounds for the rhyme,...
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The Georgian Era: Voyagers and travellers. Philosophers and men of science ...

1834 - 602 pages
...expressed before in any suitable wunis that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stuck of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - 1840 - 492 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 664 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought 1 should have acquired before that time, if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search...
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The people's art union. The historic gallery of portraits & paintings, with ...

People - 1845 - 348 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound to the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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