 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 Seiten
...hundred, the effects may be considerable. Permit me to mention one little instaure, which though 2C ?» it relates to myself, will not be quite uninteresting to you. When J wns a boy, I met with a book entitled Essays to do Good, which I think was written by your father.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 324 Seiten
...mention, one little inftance,. which, though it relates to myfelf, will not be quite uninterefting to you. When I was a boy, I met with a book entitled ** Efiays to do good," which I think was written" by your father. It had been fo little regarded by... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 Seiten
...deep impression on one active mind in a hundred, the effects may be considerable. Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself,...with a book entitled, " Essays to do good," which 1 think was written by your father. Jt had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 Seiten
...deep impression on one active mind in a hundred, the effects may be considerable. Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself,...uninteresting to you. When I was a boy, I met with a book en titled, " Essays to do good," which I think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded... | |
 | 1807 - 592 Seiten
...the author's son, Nov. 10, 1779, a strong testimony to the value of the work. " Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself,...by your father. It had been so little regarded by its former possessor, that. •ereral leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1810 - 292 Seiten
...deep impression on one active mind in a hundred, the effects may be considerable. Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself,...uninteresting to you. When I was a boy, I met with » book entitled' " Essays to do good,'' which I think was written by your father. It had been so little... | |
 | Matthew Mead - 1815 - 244 Seiten
...dated " Passy (in France,) Nov. 10, 1779. " Permit me to mention one little instance, which, (hough it. relates to myself, will not be quite uninteresting to you. " When I was a boy, i met vilh a book entitled, " Essays to 'li .caoti," which I t!ii,:i: was written by . your fathev. It had... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1816 - 194 Seiten
...impression on one active mind ° in a hundred, the effects may be considerable. " Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it ' relates to...will not be quite uninteresting to you. When I was a hoy, I met with a book, entitled ' Essays to do good,' which I think was written by your father. It... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 Seiten
...deep impression on one active mind in an htmdml, the effects may be considerable. Permit me to mention one little instance, which though it relates to myself,...met with a "book entitled Essays to do Good, which 1 think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several... | |
 | 1817 - 576 Seiten
...sensibility. « When I was a boy,' says the Doctor, in a letter to the Rev. Dr Mather of Boston, ' I met with a book entitled Essays to do good which...I think was written by your father. It had been so littlt regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torr out : but the remainder... | |
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It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value... 
