 I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.  The Century: 1898 - עמוד 3961899תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 דפים
...were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read,...knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman. Plutarch's Lives there was in which I read abundantly,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 דפים
...regretted, [and this is a sentence that might be inscribed on the lofty cornice of this noble hall,] that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way. . . . There was among them Plutarch's Lives, which I read abundantly, and I still think that time spent... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1875 - 579 דפים
...were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read,...such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had no': fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman. Plutarch's Lives there... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 דפים
...were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read,...such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had no': fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman. Plutarch's Lives there... | |
 | 1877 - 972 דפים
...were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read,...and have since often regretted that, at a time when 1 had such я thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way. since it was now resolved... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1877 - 982 דפים
...were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 60 in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read,...and have since often regretted that, at a time when 1 had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 דפים
...father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read. I have often regretted that, at a time when I had such a...knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was resolved I should not be bred to divinity. There was among them Plutarch's Lives, which... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 דפים
...father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read. I have often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not iallen in my way, since it was resolved I should not be bred to divinity. There was among them Plutarch's... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 דפים
...small chapmen's books, and cheap, forty or fifty in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read,...when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper 114. on liking: that is, on trial, at the pleasure of both parties. — a fee, a sum ot" money paid... | |
 | Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 360 דפים
...father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic3 divinity, mos^ of which I read. I have often regretted that at a time when I had such a thirst...knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was resolved I should not be bred to divinity. There was among them Plutarch's Lives, which... | |
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