 My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once but to fix it on one of them at a time, and when I should be master of that, then to proceed to another,...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 3291818Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time ; and when I should be...that, then to proceed to another ; and so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen. And, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate... | |
 | Nathan Lewis Rice - End of the world - 1855 - 234 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix on one of them at a time ; and, when I should be master...that, then to proceed to another; and so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen." I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of... | |
 | Robert Kemp PHILP - 1859 - 182 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time ; and when I should be...that, then to proceed to another ; and so on till I should have gone through the thirteen. And as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - History - 1866 - 270 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time ; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another ; and so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen. And, ; as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1868 - 426 pages
...I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time ; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone thro' the thirteen ; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1868 - 434 pages
...I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone thro' the thirteen ; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 pages
...I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time ; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone thro' the thirteen ; and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
 | 1886 - 580 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time ; and when I should be master of that, then proceed to another ; and so on till I should have gone through the thirteen ; and as the previous acquisition... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1886 - 256 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time; and, when I should be master ofi^hat, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I jj^Mtl have gone through the thirteen ; and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 332 pages
...I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time ; and, when I should be...that, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone through the whole, and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate the... | |
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