 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...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...greater value on the character of -a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if 1 have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | Missions - 1807 - 672 pages
...former possessor, that several leaves of it were tore out t but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence On my conduct through...set a greater value on the character of a doer of gotd, than any otherkind of reputation j and if 1 have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 324 pages
...have an influence on my conduct through life : for I have always fet a greater value on the chara&er of a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you feem to think, a ufeful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book. You mention your... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...pofleffor, poflefibr, that feveral leaves of it werC torn out; but the remainder gave me fuch a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life: for I have always fet a greater value on die character of a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation; and if I... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Essays - 1794 - 348 pages
...former polTeflbr, that feveral eaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave pe fuch a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life : for I have always let a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons - 1803 - 492 pages
...several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder " gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have great influence on "my conduct through life; for I have...greater value " on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of " reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful " citizen, the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1803 - 770 pages
...speculations and pursuits, something beneficial was ever in contemplation. He justly says of himself " I have always set a greater value on the character...a doer of good than any other kind of reputation." Though by no means inattentive to his own interest, as his rise in the world to high stations and an... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1803 - 646 pages
...speculations and pursuits, something beneficial was ever in contemplation. He justly eays of himself " I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good Uiu\i any other kind of reputation." Though by no means inattentive to his own interest, as his rise... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons, American - 1803 - 528 pages
...several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder " gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have great influence on " my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value a on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of " reputation ; and if I have been,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...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...of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if 1 have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.... | |
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Good," which, I think, was written by your father. 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... 
