 ... Essays to do 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...  The Eclectic Review - Page 452publié par - 1818Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Cotton Mather - 1824 - 156 pages
...set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if 1 have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that hook," Dr. Franklin-s Works, vol. iii. p. 478. - * NOTE- — In the present Edition the translations... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 324 pages
...conduct through life ; 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,...your seventy-eighth year. I am in my seventy-ninth. We are grown old together. It is now more than sixty years since I left. Boston ; but I remember well... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...beneficial was ever in contemplation. He justly says of himself, " I have always seta greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation." He possessed the rare talent of drawing useful lessons from the commonest occurrences, which would... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value a on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been,...your seventy-eighth, year. I am in my seventy-ninth. We are grown old together. It is now more than sixty years since J left Boston ; but I remember well... | |
 | 1826 - 422 pages
...conduct through life ; 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,...your seventy-eighth year. I am in my seventy-ninth. We are grown old together. It is now more than sixty years since I left Boston ; but I remember well... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1826 - 158 pages
...London, April 27, l807. 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,...as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owe* the advantage of it to that book." Dr. Franklin's Works, vol. iii. p. 478. * NOTE. — In the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 310 pages
...character of a doer rf good, tlian any other kind of reputation ; and if 1 ! ave been, as- you (ceiii to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that Ixiok. Vo^ mention your being in your seventy-eighth year. I am in my seventy-ninth. We are irown old... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1833 - 490 pages
...thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other...of it to that book. You mention your being in your 78th year ; I am in my 79th ; we are grown old together. It is now more than sixty years since I left... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - 1833 - 516 pages
...thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other...the public owes the advantage of it to that book." l Cotton Mather's honors, of which he seems to have been sufficiently proud, were chiefly from abroad.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1837 - 356 pages
...set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if 1 have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen,...your seventy-eighth year. I am in my seventy-ninth. We are grown old together, It is now more than sixty yeurs since I left Boston; but I remember well... | |
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