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" I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also... "
Memoirs of the Most Eminent American Mechanics: Also Lives of Distinguished ... - Page 39
by Henry Howe - 1858 - 482 pages
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if...search for words of the same import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different sounds for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if...verses ; since the continual search for words of the saine import, but of different lengths, to suit the measure, or of different sounds for the rhyme,...
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The Georgian Era: Voyagers and travellers. Philosophers and men of science ...

1834 - 602 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stuck of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if...gone on making verses; since the continual search fur words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound,...
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The people's art union. The historic gallery of portraits & paintings, with ...

People - 1845 - 348 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time if...length, to suit the measure, or of different sound to the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have...
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The popular educator, Volumes 1-2; Volume 5

Popular educator - 1852 - 842 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and ueing them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time if...continual search for words of the same import, but of difieren t length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if I had gone on making verses ; since the continued search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the measure, or of different...
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The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising ...

W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if...different sound, for the rhyme, would have laid me under constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and...
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The Popular Educator, Volume 1

1856 - 422 pages
...recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time if I had gon? on making verses; since the continual search for •words...import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or ot different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety,...
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Historical View of the American Revolution

George Washington Greene - 1865 - 518 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if I had gone on making; verses, O CT ' since the continual search for words of the same import, but of different length to suit the...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography, with ...

Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 pages
...them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if...have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make mo master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales in tho Spectator and turned them into verse ; and,...
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