 ... 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
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton - 1903 - 434 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... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1903 - 1300 sayfa
...morals, which, '•fitvrere known, would make me ridiculous; that a perfect character might be а'^п'Ы with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent nun should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. In rath. 1 found myself... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 354 sayfa
...me that such extream 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 - 1905 - 238 sayfa
...to me that such extream 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, tho' I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 496 sayfa
...that he found order with regard to places for things, papers, etc., extremely difficult to acquire : " 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." William Alexander was so much impressed by Franklin's carelessness with regard... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 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 perfect character 7* might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 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... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 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... | |
 | Franklin Bi-centennial Joint Committee (Boston, Mass.) - 1906 - 132 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 268 sayfa
...that such extream nicety ft as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, I \ which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous; that ,...character might be attended with the inconvenience ^_< of being envied and hated ; and that a benevolent man should ; allow_a few faults in himself, to... | |
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