 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1905 - 362 pages
...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With that view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1905 - 422 pages
...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With that view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried... | |
 | Edwin Anderson Alderman - 1906 - 268 pages
...bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view...sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few days. Then, without looking at the book, I tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted... | |
 | Edwin Anderson Alderman - 1906 - 268 pages
...bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view...sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few days. Then, without looking at the book, I tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted... | |
 | 1908 - 812 pages
...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this in view I took some of the papers, and, making short...a few days, and then, without looking at the book, try'd to compleat the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 pages
...bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints 1 This is one of the topics in Defoe's Essay on Projects which the lad Ben had already read. of the... | |
 | William B. Cairns - 1909 - 520 pages
...bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view...a few days, and then, without looking at the book, try'd to compleat the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 236 pages
...bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view...the sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few daysj and then, without looking at the book, tried to compleat the papers again, by expressing each... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With that view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried... | |
 | 1909 - 256 pages
...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With that view, I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried... | |
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I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With... 
