| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us, for learning and ingenuity. I suppose, that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very good as J then believed... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it had met with their approbation, and that in their different...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose that I was rather lucky in my judges, and they were not really so very good as I then believed them... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends, when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it had met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pages
...found in the morning, and submitted to the consideration of the critics, when they met as usual. " They read it," says he ; " commented on it in my hearing...I suppose," he adds, " that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very good as I then believed them to be." Encouraged, however,... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 440 pages
...found in the morning, and submitted to the consideration of the critics, when they met as usual. " They read it," says he ; " commented on it in my hearing...I suppose," he adds, " that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very good as I then believed them to be." Encouraged, however,... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pages
...found in the morning, and submitted to the consideration of the critics, when they met as usual. " They read it," says he ; " commented on it in my hearing...some character among us for learning and ingenuity." " J suppose," he adds, " that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends, when they called in as usual They read it, had met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...different guesses at the author, none were named but * This was written from recollection, and it is not surprising, that, after the lapse of fitly years,... | |
| Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...next morning, and submitted, as usual, to the critics when they assembled. " They read it," he says ; "commented on it in my hearing; and I had the exquisite pleasure to find that it met with their approbation ; and that in the various conjectures they made respecting... | |
| Henry Howe - 1840 - 492 pages
...found in the morning, and submitted to the consideration of the critics, when they met as usual. " They read it," says he ; " commented on it in my hearing...I suppose," he adds, " that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very good as I then believed them to be." Encouraged, however,... | |
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