 Brother Authors in the same Way, for what Reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their Applauses, and no other Author has taken the least Notice of me, so that did not my Writings produce me some solid Pudding, the great Deficiency of Praise...  The Scots Magazine - Page 211777Full view - About this book
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...Franklin. I HAVE heard, that nothing gives an author fo great pleafure as to find his works refpeclfully quoted by other learned authors. This pleafure I have...Almanacks) annually now a full quarter of a century, ray brother-authors in the fame way (for what reafon I know not) have ever been very fparir.g in their... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...quoted by other learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed ; fortho' I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of almanacks) annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way (for what reason I knovr not) have ever been very sparing in their... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...quoted by other learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed ; fortho' I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of almanacks) annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way (for what reason I know not) have ever been very sparing in their applauses;... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...by other learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed j for though I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of Almanacks) annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way (for what reason I know not) have ever been very 'paring in their applauses... | |
 | William Chambers - Conduct of life - 1858 - 378 pages
...seldom enjoyed ; for though I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of almanacs) annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother-authors in the same way — for what reason I know not — have ever been very sparing in their applauses ; and no... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...by other learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed; for though I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of Almanacks) annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way (for what reason I know not) have ever been very sparing in their applauses... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1905 - 512 pages
...quoted by other learned Authors. This Pleasure I have seldom enjoyed; for tho' I have been, if I may say it without Vanity, an eminent Author of Almanacks annually now a full Quarter of a Century, my Brother Authors in the same Way, for what Reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their Applauses,... | |
 | William B. Cairns - American literature - 1909 - 520 pages
...quoted by other learned Authors. This Pleasure I have seldom enjoyed; for tho' I have been, if I may say it without Vanity, an eminent Author of Almanacks annually now a full Quarter of a Century, my Brother Authors in the same Way, for what Reason I know not, have ever been verysparing in their Applauses,... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - Anthologies - 1913 - 494 pages
...by other learned Authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed, for tho ' I have been, if I may say it without Vanity, an eminent Author of Almanacks annually now a full quarter of a Century, my Brother Authors in the same Way, for what Reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their Applauses... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - American prose literature - 1916 - 760 pages
...quoted by other learned Authors. This Pleasure I have seldom enjoyed; for tho' I have been, if I may say it without Vanity, an eminent Author of Almanacks annually now a full Quarter of a Century, my Brother Authors in the same Way, for what Reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their Applauses,... | |
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