 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
 | Robert Shafer - American literature - 1926 - 1410 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 had gone through the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition... | |
 | Werrett Wallace Charters - Character - 1927 - 396 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 - 1927 - 274 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 master of that, then proceed to another, and so on till I had gone thro' the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition... | |
 | James Brodrick - Christian saints - 1956 - 386 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. . . . Conceiving then that, agreeably to the advice of Pythagoras... | |
 | Giles Gunn - Religion - 1981 - 482 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... | |
 | Barbara MacKinnon - Philosophy - 1985 - 710 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... | |
 | Napoleon Hill, W. Clement Stone - Intention - 1991 - 325 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 through the thirteen, and, as the previous acquisition of some might facilitate... | |
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 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... | |
 | Anders Breidlid, Fredrik C. Brøgger, Oyvind T. Gulliksen, Torbjorn Sirevag - Art - 1996 - 428 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 master of that, then proceed to another, and so on till I had gone thro' the thirteen; and, as the previous acquisition... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - America - 1997 - 1148 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...of 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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