 Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for...  Letters to Young Ladies - Page 201by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1837 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Barrass - Methodism - 1870 - 376 pages
...Cotton Mather. It was tattered and torn, and several leaves were missing : "but the remainder," bays he, "gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence...have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation, and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes... | |
 | Henry Stevens (Jr.) - America - 1872 - 404 pages
...written by your father. It had been so little regarded by its former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a turn...have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful... | |
 | Henry Stevens - America - 1872 - 398 pages
...written by your father. It had been so little regarded by its former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a turn...influence on my conduct through life; for I have always seta greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - 1874 - 324 pages
...Essays to do Good.' It had been so little regarded by its former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn...have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 pages
...Mather. — ED. /ET. 78.] COTTON MATHER. 26l regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn...have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 pages
...p. 291. your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn...have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of a reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think,... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 pages
...Essays to do Good.' It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that .several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have nn influence on my conduct through life; fur I have always sot a greater value on the character of... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Crafts - Christian education of children - 1880 - 168 pages
...Mather. It was tattered and torn, and several leaves were missing. " But the remainder," he says, " gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence...have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1883 - 526 pages
...friend describing the book as it first came into his hands with several leaves torn out, and adding : " But the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking...have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful"... | |
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