...divert their attention from study, became better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observ'd by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent...articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs, etc., for fifty years, Mr. Brockden, the scrivener, said to us, " You are young men, but it is scarcely...

...libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable ; and our people, having no publick amusements to divert their attention from study, became...better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observ'd by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally...

...places, to the manifest advantage of the people. "Reading," says Franklin, "became fashionable ; and our people, having no public amusements to divert their...of the same rank generally are in other countries." This library continued to flourish as long as Franklin lived ; and during the very last year of his...

...places, to the manifest advantage of the people. "Reading, " says Franklin, "became fashionable; aud our people, having no public amusements to divert their...attention from study, became better acquainted with books ; aud, in a few years, were observed by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent than...

...divert their attention from study, became better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observ'd by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent...articles, which were to be binding on us, our heirs, etc., for fifty years, Mr. Brockden, the scrivener, said to us, " You are young men, but it is scarcely...

...libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no publick amusements to divert their attention from study, became...better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observ'd by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally...

...libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no publick amusements to divert their attention from study, became...better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observ'd by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent than people of the When we were...

...augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; some people, having no public amusements to direct their attention from study, became better acquainted...few years were observed by strangers to be better informed and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally are in their countries. "When...

...in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our in 1 800 shows that the great outlines of the scheme...he desired to found in the center of the State a ' This library afforded me the means of improvement by constant study ; for which I set apart an hour...

...in other provinces. The libraries were augmented by donations ; reading became fashionable ; and our people, having no public amusements to divert their...acquainted with books ; and in a few years were observed bj strangers to be better instructed, and more intelligent, than people of the same rank generally...