 ... a speckled ax was best." For something that pretended to be reason was every now and then suggesting to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Sayfa 3311818Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 sayfa
...to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 464 sayfa
...suggesting to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which if it were known would make me ridiculous; that a...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 sayfa
...to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keej his friends in countenancej In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order ; and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 sayfa
...to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faidts in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 sayfa
...me that such 95 extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, tho' I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1901 - 296 sayfa
...suggesting to me that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...of being envied and hated ; and that a benevolent _man should allow a few faults in himself to keep his friends in countenance. In truth, I found myself... | |
 | 1901 - 502 sayfa
...almost ready to give up the attempt, and content myself with a faulty character in that respect. . In truth I found myself incorrigible with respect...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 520 sayfa
...interfered ; but I always carried my little book with me. My scheme of ORDER gave me the most trouble. . . . In truth, I found myself incorrigible with respect...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But, on the whole, tho' I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton - 1903 - 466 sayfa
...to me, that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it" It is amusing to notice in this connection that " Order " stands third among... | |
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