 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...have in that way. . . . About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator.3 It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and, making short hints of the sentiment4 in each sentence, laid... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 Seiten
...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 of the sentiment4 in each sentence, laid them by a few days; and then, without looking at the book, tried... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 256 Seiten
...endeavor at improvement. About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. 1 It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 Seiten
...expression. 163, 164. made n great noise. What is the figure of speech ? (See Def. 20.) It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and, 175 making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence,... | |
 | 1887 - 524 Seiten
...this time (near sixteen years of age) I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 Seiten
...I have in that way About this time I met with an odd volume of the " Spectator." It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it With this view I took some of the papers, and, making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 Seiten
...endeavor at improvement. About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator.1 It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1890 - 448 Seiten
...endeavor at improvement. About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and, making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 Seiten
...all sorts who have been bred at Edinburgh. About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid... | |
 | Albert H. Smyth - 1889 - 324 Seiten
...have in that way. . . . About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...it over and over, and was much delighted with it. .1 thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some... | |
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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. 
