 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 σελίδες
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us, for learning and ingenuity. I suppose, that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very good as J then believed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 σελίδες
...usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it had met with their approbation, and that in their different...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose that I was rather lucky in my judges, and they were not really so very good as I then believed them... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 σελίδες
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends, when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it had met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 σελίδες
...in America. This brought most of the literary people of Boston occasionally to the printing-office; and young Franklin often heard them conversing about...some character among us for learning and ingenuity." " J suppose," he adds, " that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 σελίδες
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends, when they called in as usual They read it, had met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 666 σελίδες
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...different guesses at the author, none were named but * This was written from recollection, and it is not surprising, that, after the lapse of fitly years,... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 σελίδες
...next morning, and submitted, as usual, to the critics when they assembled. " They read it," he says ; "commented on it in my hearing; and I had the exquisite pleasure to find that it met with their approbation ; and that in the various conjectures they made respecting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 σελίδες
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...different guesses at the author, none were named but • Tills was written from recollection, and it is not surprising, that, after the lapse of fifty years,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 σελίδες
...morning, and submitted, as usual, to the critics, when they assembled. "They read it," he says ; " commented on it in my hearing ; and I had the exquisite pleasure to find that it met with their approbation ; and that, in the various conjectures they made respecting... | |
 | People - 1845 - 348 σελίδες
...and submitted to the consideration of the critics when they met as usual. "They read it," he says; "commented on it in my hearing ; and I had the exquisite...some character among us for learning and ingenuity." Encouraged by the success of this attempt, he sent several other pieces to the press in the same way,... | |
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They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that, in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character among us for learning and ingenuity. 
