 I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also...  The popular educator - Page 268by Popular educator - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...I took some of the papers, and making short bints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then without looking at the book,...search for words of the same import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different sounds for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 pages
...book, tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length and as fully us it had been expressed before in any suitable words...search for words of the same import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different sounds for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...expressed before in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with an original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...verses ; since the continual search for words of the saine import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different sounds for the rhyme,... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pages
...Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stuck of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using...gone on making verses; since the continual search fur words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book,...that time, if I had gone on making verses ; since the continued search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the measure, or of different... | |
 | 1856 - 422 pages
...words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered gome of ray faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a...thought I should have acquired before that time if I had gon? on making verses; since the continual search for •words of the same import, but of different... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 pages
...compared my Spectator with an original, discovered some of my faults, ami corrected them. But I found 1 wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting...search for words of the same import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different sounds for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1865 - 518 pages
...I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book,...before that time, if I had gone on making; verses, O CT ' since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 pages
...been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectato r with the original, discovered some of my faults, and...I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 434 pages
...expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectator vt'tf\\ the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...if I had gone on making verses; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different... | |
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