 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was by the endeavour, a better and a happier...perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, though they never reach the wished for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavour,... | |
 | 1818 - 502 pages
...though I never arrived at the .perfection I had been so ambitious of , but ft- 11 far short of it, yet I was by the endeavour a better and a happier...perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, though ihey never reach the wished-for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavour,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 pages
...perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should...perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, though they never reach the wished-for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavour,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should...had not attempted it; as those who aim at perfect writingby imitating the engraved copies, though they never reach the wishcd-for excellence of those... | |
 | 1818 - 486 pages
...though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was by the endeavour a better and a happier man than 1 otherwise should have been, if I had not attempted it. " It may be right my posterity should be informed,... | |
 | 1818 - 590 pages
...though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was by the endeavour a better and a happier man than 1 otherwise should have been, if I had not attempted it. " It may be right my posterity should be informed,... | |
 | 1818 - 708 pages
...though I never arrived at the perfection 1 had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was by the endeavour a better and a happier man ^han 1 otherwise should have been, if I had not attempted it. " It may be right my posterity should... | |
 | 1822 - 336 pages
...though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavour, a better and a happier...perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, though they never reach the wished-for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavour,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should...perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, though they never reach the wished-for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavor,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should...perfect writing by imitating the engraved copies, though they never reach the wished-for excellence of those copies, their hand is mended by the endeavor,... | |
| |
In truth, I. found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, tho... 
