| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 sivua
...I met with in soliciting the subscriptions, made me soon feel the impropriety of presenting oneself as the proposer of any useful project, that might...reputation in the smallest degree above that of one's neighbours, when one has need of their assistance to accomplish that project. I therefore put myself... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 sivua
...after a few years rendered null, by a charter that incorporated and gave perpetuity to the company. The objections and reluctances I met with in soliciting...subscriptions, made me soon feel the impropriety of presenting oneself as the proposer of any useful project, that might be supposed to raise one's reputation in... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 sivua
...better instructed, and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally are in other countries. 5 The objections and reluctances I met with in soliciting...subscriptions, made me soon feel the impropriety of presenting oneself as the proposer of any useful project, that might be supposed to raise one's reputation in... | |
| 1826 - 440 sivua
...objections he met with in soliciting the subscriptions, made him feel the impropriety of presenting himself as the proposer of any useful project that might be supposed to raise his reputation above his neighbour. " I therefore," says he, " put myself as much as I could out of... | |
| 1826 - 422 sivua
...objections he met with in soliciting the subscriptions, made him feel the impropriety of presenting himself as the proposer of any useful project that might be supposed to raise his reputation above his neighbour. " I therefore," says he, " put myself as much as I could out of... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 sivua
...better instructed, and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally are in other countries. 5 The objections and reluctances I met with in soliciting...subscriptions, made me soon feel the impropriety of presenting oneself as the proposer of any useful project, that might be supposed to raise one's reputation in... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 sivua
...after a few years rendered null, by a charter that incorporated and gave perpetuity to the company. The objections and reluctances I met with in soliciting...subscriptions, made me soon feel the impropriety of presenting oneself as the proposer of any useful project, that might be supposed to raise one's reputation in... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 sivua
...building, was executed in Italy, and presented to the Library Company by Mr. William Bingham. — EDITOR. The objections and reluctances I met with, in soliciting...reputation in the smallest degree above that of one's neighbours, when one has need of their assistance to accomplish that project. I therefore put myself... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 sivua
...Library 'Company by Mr. William Bingham. — EDITOB. The objections and reluctances I met •Vyjth, in soliciting the subscriptions, made me soon feel-...reputation in the smallest degree above that .".of. . one's neighbours, when one has need of their assistance to accomplish that project. I therefore put myself... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 sivua
...building, was executed in Italy, and presented to the Library Company by Mr. William Bingham. — EniTon. The objections and reluctances I met with, in soliciting...reputation in the smallest degree above that of one's neighbours, when on^has need of their assistance to accomplish that project. I therefore put myself... | |
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