 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 Seiten
...imitated by other towns and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people having no public...of the same rank generally are in other countries.' (P. 63.) Not a century has elapsed since reading was thus rendered more general, and, as the Doctor... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...imitated by other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people having no public...of the same rank generally are in other countries. When we were about to sign the above-mentioned articles, which were to be binding on us, Our heirs,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 Seiten
...imitated in other towns, and in.other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people having no public...of the same rank generally are in other countries. 5 The objections and reluctances I met with in soliciting the subscriptions, made me soon feel the... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 Seiten
...imitated in other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people having no public...of the same rank generally are in other countries. 5 The objections and reluctances I met with in soliciting the subscriptions, made me soon feel the... | |
 | Daniel Appleton White - 1830 - 72 Seiten
...imitated by other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable; and our people having no public...acquainted with books ; and in a few years were observed bv strangers to be better instructed, and more intelligent than people or the same rank generally are... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 Seiten
...donations ; reading became fashionable ; and our people having no public amusements to divert t heir attention from study, became better acquainted with...of the same rank generally are in other countries. When we were about to sign the abovementioned articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 Seiten
...imitated by other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable ; and our people, having no public...of the same rank generally are in other countries. When we were about to sign the abovementioned articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 Seiten
...in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable ; and t>ur people, having no public amusements to divert their...of the same rank generally are in other countries. When we were about to sign the abovementioned articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs,... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 Seiten
...imitated in other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable ; and our people, having no public amusements to divert their attention, became better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observed by strangers to be better instructed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1850 - 666 Seiten
...imitated by other towns, and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable ; and our people, having no public...of the same rank generally are in other countries. When we were about to sign the abovementioned articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs,... | |
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The institution soon manifested its utility, was imitated by other towns and in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable ; and our people, having no public... 
