...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...character among us, for learning and ingenuity. I suppose, that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very good as J then believed...

...usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it had met with their approbation, and that in their different...character among us for learning and ingenuity. I suppose that I was rather lucky in my judges, and they were not really so very good as I then believed them...

...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends, when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite pleasure of finding it had met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named...

...of Boston occasionally to the printing-office; and young Franklin often heard them conversing about the articles that appeared in the newspaper, and the...some character among us for learning and ingenuity." " J suppose," he adds, " that I was rather lucky in my judges, and that they were not really so very...

...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends, when they called in as usual They read it, had met with their approbation, and that in their different guesses at the author, none were named...

...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...different guesses at the author, none were named but * This was written from recollection, and it is not surprising, that, after the lapse of fitly years,...

...next morning, and submitted, as usual, to the critics when they assembled. " They read it," he says ; "commented on it in my hearing; and I had the exquisite pleasure to find that it met with their approbation ; and that in the various conjectures they made respecting...

...in the morning, and communicated to his writing friends when they called in as usual. They read it, commented on it in my hearing, and I had the exquisite...different guesses at the author, none were named but • Tills was written from recollection, and it is not surprising, that, after the lapse of fifty years,...

...morning, and submitted, as usual, to the critics, when they assembled. "They read it," he says ; " commented on it in my hearing ; and I had the exquisite pleasure to find that it met with their approbation ; and that, in the various conjectures they made respecting...

...and submitted to the consideration of the critics when they met as usual. "They read it," he says; "commented on it in my hearing ; and I had the exquisite...some character among us for learning and ingenuity." Encouraged by the success of this attempt, he sent several other pieces to the press in the same way,...