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" ... measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales and turned them... "
Pleasant pages (by S.P. Newcombe). [With suppl., entitled] Fireside facts ... - Page 307
by Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...Therefore I took some of the tales in the Spectator, and turned them into verse: and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned...collection of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavored to reduce them into the best order, befiire I began to form the full sentences and complete...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 464 pages
...Therefore, I took some of the tales in the Spectator, and turned them into verse; and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I alto sometimes jumbled my collection of hints into confusion; and, after some weeks, endeavoured to...
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The Georgian Era: Voyagers and travellers. Philosophers and men of science ...

Art - 1834 - 602 pages
...time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I also, sometimesjumbled my collection of hints into confusion, and, after...endeavoured to reduce them into the best order, before 1 began to form the full sentences and complete the subject. This was to teach me method in the arrangement...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...Therefore I took some of the tales in the Spectator, and turned them into verse : and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. Г also sometimes jumbled my collection of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavoured to...
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Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also, Lives of Distinguished ...

Henry Howe - Industrial arts - 1840 - 492 pages
...Therefore, I took some of the tales in the Spectator, and turned them into verse ; and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned...collection of hints into confusion ; and, after some weeks, endeavored to reduce them into the best order, before I began to form the full sentences and complete...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1850 - 666 pages
...Therefore I took some of the tales in the Spectator, and turned them into verse; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I alsq sometimes jumbled my collection of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavoured to reduce...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1853 - 522 pages
...Therefore I took some of the tales in the Spectator and turned them into verse; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned...collection of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavored to reduce them into the best order before I began to form the full sentences and complete...
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The Dawning of Genius: Exemplified and Exhibited in the Early Lives of ...

Theodore Alois Buckley - Biography - 1853 - 446 pages
...Therefore I took some of the tales in the ' Spectator,' and turned them into verse ; and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I also sometimes jumbled my collections of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavoured to reduce them into the best...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...Therefore I took seme of the tales in the Spectator, and turned them into verse ; and, after%, time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned...collection of hints into confusion, and after some weeks endeavored to reduce them into the best order, before I began to form the full sentences and complete...
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The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising ...

William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...Therefore I took some of the tales in the Spectator, and turned them into verse ; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned...collection of hints into confusion, and, after some weeks, endeavored to reduce them into the best order, before I began to form the full sentences and complete...
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