 This was to teach me method in the arrangement of thoughts. By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had...  The popular educator - Page 268by Popular educator - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1897 - 880 pages
...sometimes had the pleasure of faucyingthat, in certain particulars of small import. I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly, in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 pages
...sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 pages
...sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1897 - 422 pages
...the full sentences and complete the subject. This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original,...the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think that I might in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1897 - 426 pages
...the full sentences and complete the subject. This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original,...that, in certain particulars of small consequence, I hud been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think that... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 556 pages
...my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults and corrected them. . . . Sometimes I had the pleasure to fancy that in certain particulars...the method or the language ; and this encouraged me to think that I might in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.... | |
 | Charles Noble - American literature - 1898 - 460 pages
...sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extreamly ambitious.... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 578 pages
...sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extreamly ambitious.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Anthologies - 1899 - 526 pages
...my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults and corrected them. . . . Sometimes I had the pleasure to fancy that in certain particulars...the method or the language ; and this encouraged me to think that I might in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 pages
...sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extreamly ambitious.... | |
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