...By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but 1 sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain...come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extreamly ambitious. My time for these exercises and for reading was at night, after work or before...

...By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discover'd many faults and amended them; hut l sometimes had the Pleasure of Fancying that in certain Particulars of small Import, I had heen lucky enough to improve the Method or the Language and this encourag'd me to think I might possihly...

...Method in the Arrangement of Thoughts. By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discover'd many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had...enough to improve the Method or the Language and this encourag'd me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English Writer, of which I was...

...Spectator, Britain's leading literary magazine. "By comparing my work afterwards with the original...I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that in certain...import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method of the language..." he writes, displaying arrogance (the improvements made to the professional writer's...

...Spectator, Britain's leading literary magazine. "By comparing my work afterwards with the original...I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that in certain...import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method of the language..." he writes, displaying arrogance (the improvements made to the professional writer's...

...improve the method or the language [of The Spectator's story] and this encouraged me to think that I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious" (p. 13). Franklin also followed the practice of copying into a commonplace book passages from what...

...me Method in the Arrangement of Thoughts. By comparing afterwards with the original, I discover 'd many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the Pleasure of Fancying that in certain places I had been lucky enough to 22 improve the Method or the Language and this encourag'd me to think...

...sometimes had the pleasure to fancy that in certain particulars of small consequence I had been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think that I might in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious. The...

...into prose. "Then I compar'd my Spectator with the Original," he wrote years later. "I discover 'd many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had...enough to improve the Method or the Language and this encourag'd me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English Writer, of which I was...

...Method in the Arrangement of Thoughts. By comparing my Work afterwards with the Original, I discover'd many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had...Import, I had been lucky enough to improve the Method of the Language and this encourag'd me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English...