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" Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them... "
Selections from Autobiography: Poor Richard's Almanac, Advice to a Young ... - Page 21
by Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 178 pages
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the measure, or of different sound...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...if I had gone on making verses; since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes ...

George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1830 - 452 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...if I had gone on making verses; since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with an original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...I had gone -on making verses ; since the continual search for words of the saine import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different...
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The Georgian Era: Voyagers and travellers. Philosophers and men of science ...

Art - 1834 - 602 pages
...Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stuck of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using...if I had gone on making verses; since the continual search fur words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the measure, or of different sound...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 664 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought 1 should have acquired before that time, if I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different...
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The people's art union. The historic gallery of portraits & paintings, with ...

People - 1845 - 348 pages
...to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a...I had gone on making verses ; since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different...
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