 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 Seiten
...advancement, I shall tell you how in such a situation, I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. • There was another bookish lad...were of argument, and very desirous of confuting one anbther, which disputatious turn, by the way, is apt to become a very bad habit, making people pften... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how in such a situation I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into it, except... | |
 | 1834 - 500 Seiten
...consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read." " There was another bookish Ltd in the town, John Collins by name, with whom I was...argument, and very desirous of confuting one another." " I had caught this by reading my father's books of dispute on religion." " While I was intent on improving... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 Seiten
...has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how in such a situation I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. There was another bookish lad in the town, John Collins by name,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 Seiten
...has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how in such a situation I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. There was another bookish lad in the town, John Collins by name,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1849 - 78 Seiten
...has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how, in such a situation, I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN HATS, CAPS, STRAW GOODS,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1850 - 716 Seiten
...has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how, in such a situation, I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way." It was in the following manner: Benjamin had become intimately... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how in such a situation I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. There was another bookish lad in the town, John Collins by name,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 Seiten
...has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal ireana of my advancement, I shall tell you how, in such a situation, I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. There was another bookish lad in the town, John Collins by name,... | |
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I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one ; but as prose writing has been of great use to me in the course of my life, and was a principal means of my advancement, I shall tell you how, in such a situation, I acquired what little ability I... 
