...plan he adopted for this purpose is equally interesting aud instructive. "About this time," he says, " I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I had never...before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent; and wished, if possible, to imitate it....

...we shall give in his own words, the method he pursued for that end. " About this time," says he, " I met with an odd volume of the Spectator ; I had never before seen any ot them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing...

...manner of writing, and determined to endeavor to improve in style. ( "About this time," he remarks, "I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I had never before seen any of them; I bought it, and read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished,...

...in setting about it. But you shall hear how he improved himself, in his own words: — "About tils time I met with an odd volume of the ' Spectator' ; I had never before 8een any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the...

...send his name down to after ages. Again he remarks in his Autobiography at a somewhat later period ; " About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I bought it, read it over and over, was much delighted with it, and wished to imitate it. I took some...

...thence grew more attentive to my manner of writing, and determined to endeavor to improve my style. About this time, I met with an odd volume of the Spectator....before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to...

...his name down to after ages. Again he remarks in his Autobiography at a somewhat later period •. * About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. I bought it, read it over and over, waa much delighted with it, and wished to imitate it. I took gome...

...the interposition of any of Master Cheever's successors. He takes to books as his native element. " About this time I met with an odd volume of the ' Spectator,' " reads the Autobiography. By how many men who have risen to fame, since the gentle Addison closed...

...and thence grew more attentive to the manner in writing, and determined to endeavor at improvement. About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was...

...the interposition of any of Master Cheever's successors. He takes to books as his native element. " About this time I met with an odd volume of the * Spectator,'" reads the Autobiography. By how many men who have risen to fame, since the gentle Addison closed his...