 | William M. Thayer - 1860 - 358 Seiten
...old copy that was much worn and torn. Some of the leaves were gone, " but the remainder," he said, " gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence...greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of repxitation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes all the advantage... | |
 | 1860 - 598 Seiten
...Mather." It was tattered and torn, and several leaves were missing. "But the remainder," he says, " gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence...greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes all the advantages... | |
 | 1860 - 590 Seiten
...remainder," ho says, "gave mo such a turn of thinking аз to havj an influence on my conduct through Hll- ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes all the advantages... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 Seiten
...their true light, and predicted consequences with nearly a prophetic spirit. He said of himself, ' I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, thau any other kind of reputation.' " 1 WILLIAM COBBETT. ACCORDING to the " Life of Cobbett," as written... | |
 | 1862 - 616 Seiten
...Cotton Mather. It was tattered and torn, and several leaves were missing. " But the remainder," he says, "gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence...any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes all the advantages of it to the little book." Jeremy Bentham mentions... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 Seiten
...written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a turn...greater value on the character of a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 668 Seiten
...father (Cotton Mather). It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several loaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn...greater value on the character of a doer of good than ou any other kind of reputation ; and, if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 Seiten
...by your father. It liad been so little regarded by its former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a turn...thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life.1 1 cunning," p. 102. Qulncy has handled Mather less mildly in his History of Harv. I'niv. I.... | |
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Good,' which I think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for... 
