 I contrived to be in the printing-house alone, evading as much as I could the common attendance on public worship which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care, and which indeed I still thought a duty, though I could not, as it seemed...  A History of Literature in America - Page 86by Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1904 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1897 - 880 pages
...possibly, in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious. My Mmc for these exercises and for reading was at night,...which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care, and which, indeed, I still thought a duty, though I could not, OK it seemed to me, afford... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 pages
...ambitious. The time I allotted for writing exercises, and for reading, was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printinghouse, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship, which my father used to exact... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 pages
...I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious. My time for these exercises and for reading was at...which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care, and which indeed I still thought a duty, though I could not, as it seemed to me, afford time... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 pages
...I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious. My time for these exercises and for reading was at...which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care, and which indeed I still thought a duty, though I could not, as it seemed to me, afford time... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 220 pages
...work, or before it began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing house alone, evading as much as I could the common attendance...which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care, and which indeed I still thought a duty, though I could not, as it seemed to me, afford time... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extreamly ambitious. My time for these exercises and for reading was at...before it began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I c/mtrived to be in the printing house alone, evading as much as I could the common attendance on public... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 556 pages
...extremely ambitious. The time I allotted to writing exercises and for reading was at night, or before work began in the morning, or on Sundays, when I contrived to be in the printing-house, avoiding as much as I could the constant attendance at public worship which my father used to exact... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 pages
...I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extreamly ambitious. My time for these exercises and for reading was at...which my father used to exact of me when I was under his care, and which indeed I still thought a duty, though I could not, as it seemed to me, afford time... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 554 pages
...I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extreamly ambitious. My time for these exercises and for reading was at...when I contrived to be in the printing-house alone." It was undoubtedly this admiration for the " Spectator " which inspired his next contributions to literature,... | |
 | 1899 - 1010 pages
...I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I am extreamly ambitious. My time for these exercises and for reading was at...when I contrived to be in the printing-house alone. / . * _/ ¿7¿ ¿£,¿4 <я- /*»-* /»Д-АЧ- L,s3/yèe.-£+r> ^7 ' -^- r тъ REDUCED FACSIMILE... | |
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