| Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 236 pagina’s
...was also a book of De Foe's, called an Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, called Essays to do Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
| Margaret Ashmun - 1910 - 320 pagina’s
...advantage. There was also a book of Defoe's, called " An Essay on Projects," and another of Dr. Mather's, called " An Essay to do Good," which perhaps gave...of thinking, that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1910 - 216 pagina’s
...also a book of Defoe's called an " Essay on Projects," and another of Dr. Mather's called " Essays to Do Good," which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
| John Albert Macy - 1910 - 306 pagina’s
...book of De Foe's, called an ' Essay on Projects,' and another of Dr. Mather's, called ' Es- *" says to do Good,' which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life." It is not surprising to find that the most versatile of versatile... | |
| Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 616 pagina’s
...was also a book of DeFoe's called an "Essay on Projects," and another of Dr. Mather's, called "Essays to do Good," which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. — FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, 1771-89, Autobiography, ed. Bigelow. It... | |
| Mary Ann Radzinowicz - 1984 - 300 pagina’s
...was also a Book of Defoe's, called an Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, call'd Essays to do Good which perhaps gave me a Turn of Thinking that had an Influence on some of the principal future Events of my Life.3 This Bookish Inclination at length determin'd my Father to make... | |
| Library Company of Philadelphia - 1990 - 38 pagina’s
...he read "a Book of Defoe's, call'd an Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, call'd Essays to do Good which perhaps gave me a Turn of Thinking that had an Influence on some of the principal future Events of my Life. This interest in "improvements"-social, political, technological,... | |
| Steven Gilbar - 1992 - 148 pagina’s
...was also a book of De Foe's, called an Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's called Essays to do Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life. This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make... | |
| Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1146 pagina’s
...There was also a Book of Defoe's called an Essay on Projects and another of Dr Mather's call'd Essays to do Good, which perhaps gave me a Turn of Thinking that had an Influence on some of the principal future Events of my Life. This Bookish Inclination at length determin'd my Father to make... | |
| James Campbell - 1999 - 316 pagina’s
...was also a Book of Defoe's, called an Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather's, call'd Essays to do Good which perhaps gave me a Turn of Thinking that had an Influence on some of the principal future Events of my Life" (A:58).87 In his Essay on Projects (1697), Daniel Defoe (c. 1660-1731)... | |
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