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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself - Page 231
by Benjamin Franklin - 1875
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Philosophers - 1818 - 566 pages
...spots. Proceeding thus to the last, I could get through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who having a garden...but works on one of the beds at a time, and having accomplished the first, proceeds to a second; so I should have (I hoped) the encouraging pleasure,...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 3

1818 - 502 pages
...spots. Proceeding thus to the last, I could get through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden...bad herbs at once, (which would exceed his reach and • ThU little book » dated S:i7»lay,fiityt, n'3, and fe rathe Editor'* posieniua. Temper. Sun. Mon....
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...but works on one of the beds at a time, and having accomplished the first, proceeds to a second; so 1 should have (I hoped) the encouraging pleasure, of seeing on my pages the progress made in virtue, by clearing successively my lines of their spots; till in the end, by a number of courses,...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...Res. • * i 2 Fru. * • i 1 Ind. * \ £ Sine. * | Jus. \ Mod. ! Clea. ; Tran. _. | Chas. I j Hum. \ courses in a year. And like him who having a garden to wec'l, docs not attempt to eradicate all the had herbs at once, (which would exceed his reach and his...
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The Art of Employing Time to the Greatest Advantage, the True Source of ...

Conduct of life - 1822 - 336 pages
...clear of spots. Proceeding thus to the last, I could get through a course in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden...but works on one of the beds at a time, and having accomplished the first, proceeds to a second ; so I should have (I hoped) the encouraging pleasure...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...to the last, I could get through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. 17 And like him who having a garden to weed, does not...but works on one of the beds at a time, and having accomplished the first, proceeds to a second ; so 1 should have (I hoped) the encouraging pleasure,...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...quarter of a year, he proposed to try his strength upon the whole ; proceeding, he says, like a man who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to...bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and strength, but works on one of the beds first, and then proceeds to a second. His idea of order requiring...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...quarter of a year, he proposed to try his strength upon the whole ; proceeding, he says, like a man who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to...bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and strength, but works on one of the beds first, and then proceeds to a second. His idea of order requiring...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...to the last, I could get through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. 17 And like him who having a garden to weed, does not...but works on one of the beds at a time, and having accomplished the first, proceeds to a second ; so I should have (I hoped) the encouraging pleasure,...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...Proceeding thus to the last, I could get through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses ma year. And like him who having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate al] the bad herbs at once, (which would exceed his reach and his strength,) but works on one of the...
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