 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1859 - 680 pages
...become a great thing itself, and continually goes on increasing: these libraries Нате improved 859 fron other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | Nicolas Trübner - American literature - 1859 - 738 pages
...thing itself, and continually goes on increasing." " These libraries," adds Franklin, "have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps have contributed, in some degree, to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | Edward Edwards - Libraries - 1859 - 1192 pages
...thing itself, and .continually goes on increasing.1 "These libraries," adds Franklin, "have improved the general . conversation of the Americans, made...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps have contributed, in some degree, to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1196 pages
...thing itself, and continually goes on increasing." "These libraries," adds Franklin, "have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps have contributed, in some degree, to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 pages
...It is become a great thing itself, and continually goes on increasing. These libraries have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen fnjni other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | Noah Porter - Bibliography - 1871 - 406 pages
...American subscription libraries now so numerous." "These libraries," Franklin adds, "have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | Noah Porter - Books and reading - 1871 - 408 pages
...American subscription libraries now so numerous." "These libraries," Franklin adds, "have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | American Social Science Association - Best books - 1871 - 72 pages
...Philadelphia, which was founded in 1731, mainly by his exertions. To use his own words, they ' improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 404 pages
...American subscription libraries now so numerous." "These libraries," Franklin adds, "have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the...tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout... | |
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We afterwards obtained a charter, the company being increased to one hundred ; this was the mother of all the North American subscription libraries, now so numerous. It is become a great thing itself, and continually increasing. These libraries have improved... 
