 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 924 Seiten
...for self-examination, and continued it with occasional intermissions for some time. I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had...new ones in a new course, became full of holes, I transferred my tables and precepts to the ivory leaves of a memorandum book, on which the lines were... | |
 | William A. Dyrness - 1989 - 184 Seiten
...hoped) the encouraging Pleasure of seeing on my Pages the Progress I made in Virtue. ... I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish. . . . And it may be well my Posterity should be informed, that to this little Artifice, with the Blessing... | |
 | Philip J. Regal - 1990 - 383 Seiten
...concentrating on a particular virtue, so that he could evaluate himself and change his habits. "I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish." Franklin also made out a schedule for himself each day, planning each hour for productive activity.... | |
 | Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1146 Seiten
...for Self Examination, and continu'd it with occasional Intermissions for some time. I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish. 12. Peter Oliver from Origin and Progress of the American Rebellion 1776 Peter Oliver II 713-91) was... | |
 | Susan Clair Imbarrato - 1998 - 200 Seiten
...for Self-examination, and continu'd it with occasional Intermissions for some time. I was surpris'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish" (71). 32 By exposing his faults and attempting their eradication, Franklin transforms the practice... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 Seiten
...for Self Examination, and continu'd it with occasional Intermissions for some time. I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had imagined, but I had the Satisfaction of The Morning e ) Rise, wash and address Question, [ Powerful Goodness; contrive What Good shall 6 |... | |
 | Amy Mandelker, Elizabeth Powers - 1999 - 552 Seiten
...for self-examination, and continu'd it with occasional intermissions for some time. I was surpris'd to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had...new ones in a new course, became full of holes, I transferr'd my tables and precepts to the ivory leaves of a memorandum book, on which the lines were... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 Seiten
...forced to transfer his record-keeping from the paper pages of the little book that he had worn out "by scraping out the Marks on the Paper of old Faults to make room for new Ones" to "the Ivory Leaves of a Memorandum Book" from which he could "easily wipe out with a wet Sponge"... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 2002 - 210 Seiten
...erase his errors or sins with systematic discipline and self-examination. He says "I was surpriz'd to find myself so much fuller of Faults than I had...but I had the Satisfaction of seeing them diminish." Describing his system for approaching moral perfection, he jokes that he recognized that it was not... | |
 | Stephen J Kraus, Stephen Kraus - 2002 - 198 Seiten
..."virtue course" four times a year. He was pleased with the success of his technique: "I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had...but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish. . . . Perhaps the most important part of [my] journal is the plan found in it ... for the regulating... | |
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I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish. To avoid the trouble of renewing now and then my little book, which, by scraping out the marks on the paper of old faults... 
