 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 - 1891 - 142 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 - Biography - 1892 - 202 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... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Conduct of life - 1894 - 340 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 " (Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 308 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... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - Happiness - 1895 - 128 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 to proceed to another ; and so on, until I should have gone on through the thirteen. And, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate... | |
 | Shorthand - 1895 - 406 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 ofthat, then to proceed to another, and so on, till I should have gone through the thirteen. " I determined... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 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 - 1896 - 278 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... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - American literature - 1898 - 498 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... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 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... | |
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