I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively. Thus in the first week my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking every evening... Spirit of the English Magazines - Seite 3291818Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Benjamin Franklin, Julian Willis Abernethy - 1892 - 200 Seiten
...the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...the habit of that virtue so much strengthened, and its opposite weakened, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the... | |
| Henry Hardwicke - 1895 - 128 Seiten
...in the first week, my great guard was to avoid even the least offence against Temperance ; leaving other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...the habit of that virtue so much strengthened, and its opposite weakened, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 Seiten
...against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking every evening Ihe faults of the day. Thus, if in the first week I could...the habit of that virtue so much strengthened, and its opposite weakened, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the... | |
| 1895 - 406 Seiten
...the first week, my great guard was to avoid even the least offense against temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking every evening the faults of the day. "On the whole though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 Seiten
...the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offense against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...the habit of that virtue so much strengthened, and its opposite weakened, that I might venture extending my attention to include the next, and for the... | |
| George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 498 Seiten
...the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen'd, and its opposite weaken'd, that I might venture... | |
| george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 Seiten
...the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen'd, and its opposite weaken'd, that I might venture... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 Seiten
...the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence agaist Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen 'd, and its opposite weaken 'd, that I might venture... | |
| Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 Seiten
...the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...could keep my first line, marked T, clear of spots, I suppos'd the habit of that virtue so much strengthen\l, and its opposite weaken'd, that I might venture... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1901 - 296 Seiten
...*s ! Clea. j Tran. Ghas. Hum. was to avoid every day the least offense against temperance . leaving other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking...the first week I could keep my first line, marked Tem., clear of spots, I supposed the habit of that virtue so much strengthened and its opposite weakness... | |
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