...6. I am a wayfarer the stranger said and would like permission to remain with you a little while. 7. I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. 8. Shall we go now asked John it has stopped raining, p. So like a shattered column lay the king. 10....

...determined to endeavor to improve my style. At this time I met with an odd volume of the " Spectator." ° I had never before seen any of them. I bought it,...excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With that view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid...

...instances. I saw the justice of his remarks, and thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing. " About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent,...

...in method, and in perspicuity." He then came across a volume of the Spectator, of which he says, "I read it over and over and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing was excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With that view I took some of the papers, and...

...advancement, I shall tell you how I acquired what little ability I may be supposed to have in that way. 13. About this time, I met with an odd volume of the " Spectator." 1 I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with...

...writing by carefully studying a volume of " The Spectator " and developing a style similar to it. "I read it over and over and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing was excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With that view I took some of the papers and...

...and thence grew more attentive to the Manner in Writing, and determin'd to endeavour at Improvement. About this time I met with an odd Volume of the Spectator....delighted with it. I thought the Writing excellent, and wish'd if possible to imitate it. With that View, I took some of the Papers, and making short Hints...

...thence grew more attentive to the Manner in Writing, and determin'd to endeavour at Improvement. — B -o | "T_ G Ŷ] P b wM p G J L I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with...

...thence grew more attentive to the Manner in Writing, and determin'd to endeavour at Improvement. — About this time I met with an odd Volume of the Spectator.* I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with...

...the British Spectator, founded in 1711, landed in Franklin's hands when he was a young man, and he "bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it." The sixteen-year-old Franklin then began his punditry career by stealth — slipping columns underneath...