 | D.C. Heath and Company - Readers - 1903 - 362 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose, now, that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that, perhaps, they were not really so very good ones... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1903 - 600 pages
...next morning, and discussed by the little company that called in as usual. "They read it," he says, "commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...some character among us for learning and ingenuity." It is not strange that he continued his anonymous communications for some time. The apprenticeship,... | |
 | Readers - 1903 - 362 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of rinding it met with their approbation, and that, in their different guesses at the author, none were... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 520 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose now that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that perhaps they were not really so very good ones as... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - United States - 1905 - 422 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends, when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very good as I then believed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1905 - 354 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they call'd in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose now that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that perhaps they were not really so very good ones as... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 238 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose now that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that perhaps they were not really so very good ones as... | |
 | Readers - 1907 - 284 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose, now, that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that, perhaps, they were not really so very good ones... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - Boston (Mass.) - 1908 - 500 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose now that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that perhaps they were not really BO very good ones as... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 pages
...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose now that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that perhaps they were not really so very good ones as... | |
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They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named but men of some character * among us for learning and ingenuity. 
