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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... "
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: With Introduction and Notes - Page viii
by Benjamin Franklin - 1901 - 249 pages
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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 sound...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1830 - 440 pages
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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 [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 484 pages
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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
...should have acquired before that time, 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 sound, fur the rhyme, would have laid me tinder constant necessity of searching fur variety, and also have...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 664 pages
...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 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 - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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
...faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired...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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