 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. read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and  The Inland Educator - Page 2331897Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing and determined to endeavour to improve my style. About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...any books I was desirous of reading. 14 Aboát this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With that view, I took some of the papers, and making short hints... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...he pursued for that end. " About this time," says he, " I met with an odd volume of the Spectator: I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent; and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With that view, I took some of the papers, and making short hints... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 484 pages
...pursued for that end. •' About this time," says he, " I met with an odd volume of the Spectator: I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent; and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With that view, I took some of the papers, and making short hints... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 654 pages
...he immediately took the following method :—" I bought," he says, " an odd volume of The Spectator, read it over and over, and was much 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 668 pages
...thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing, and determined to endeavour to improve my style. . About this time, I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing, and determined to endeavour to improve my style. About this time, I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. 1 had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with... | |
 | Hugh MacNeile - Philosophers - 1841 - 60 pages
...the attention of my young friends around, who are starting in the world as intelligent students. " About this time, I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...About this time," says he, " I met with an odd volume of the Spectator; I had never before seen any ot them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was...delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent; and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With that view, I took some of the papers, and making short hints... | |
 | People - 1845 - 348 pages
...interesting and instructive. "About this time," he says, " I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. 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.... | |
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