 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 trang
...To what profit he turned this advantage may be judged from his own language. " Often," he remarks, " I sat up in my chamber the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening to be returned in the morning lest it should be found missing." What the character of this reading... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1850 - 666 trang
...borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon, and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned in the moniing, lest it should be found missing. After some time a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr.... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 872 trang
...borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and was to be returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing." Then he made the acquaintance... | |
 | Success - 1851 - 362 trang
...sat up in my chamber, reading the greatest part of the night, when 314 EMPLOYMENT OF LEISURE HOURS. the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned in the morning." "After some time, a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1853 - 446 trang
...apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to«return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber the greatest...the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening to be returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing." Learning in this sturdy assiduous... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 trang
...borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon, and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was...who had a pretty collection of books, frequented our printing office, took notice of me, and invited me to see his library, and very kindly proposed to... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 468 trang
...and he now had access tomore and better books. " Often," says he, " I sat up in my chamber reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was...in the morning, lest it should be found missing." Now it was that Franklin began to acquire the art of prose-wriling, to his success in which he mainly... | |
 | Boston Public Library - 1858 - 252 trang
...borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my chamber reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was...in the morning, lest it should be found missing." Then he made the acquaintance of Mr. Matthew Adams, an ingenious, sensible man, " who had a pretty... | |
 | 1858 - 348 trang
...still, he did not give up reading. " Often," he says, " I sat up in my chamber, reading the grea (he book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned in the morning.* "After gome time, a merchant, an ingenious, sensible man, Mr. Matthew Adams, who had a pretty collection... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 trang
...acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers, enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, whicli I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat...the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening to be returned in the morning, lest it should be found missing. After fome time a merchant, an ingenious,... | |
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I now had access to better books. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the... 
