 | John Aikin - 1803 - 646 pages
...character cannot be better summed up than is done by his friend Dr. Franklin in a letter to Dr. Lettsom. " If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition...hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed." Dr. Fothergill lived in a state of celibacy, committing his domestic concerns to a worthy maiden-sister,... | |
 | 1818 - 400 pages
...cannot be better summed up than it is by his friend Dr. Franklin, in a letter to Dr. Lettsom : — ' If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition...hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed.' His works, with a Memoir of his Life, were published by his friend Dr. Lettsom, in three volumes, 8vo.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 pages
...His character is thus summed up by Dr. Franklin, in a letter to their common friend Lettsom : — ' If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition to do good, and his constant endeavours anil success in doing it, I can hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed.' His works, consisting... | |
 | 1833 - 600 pages
...and, in a communication to the same eminent character, Fothergill is thus spoken of by Lettsom : — " If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition...hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed." From among a mass of anecdotes illustrative of the excellence of his disposition, the following are... | |
 | 1833 - 646 pages
...is thus •poken of by Lettsom: — " If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his • Imposition to do good, and his constant endeavours and success...hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed." From among a mass of anecdotes illustrative of the excellence of his disposition, the following are... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 590 pages
...hard to prevent the coming war ; but our endeavours were fruitless. This transaction is alluded to in the first page. If we may estimate the goodness of...hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed." — LETTSOM'S Life of Dr. FothergiU, p. 177. I send you the passport desired, which I hope will be... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 596 pages
...hard to prevent the coming war ; but our endeavours were fruitless. This transaction is alluded to in the first page. If we may estimate the goodness of...hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed." — LETTSOM'S Lift of Dr. FothtrgilL, p. 177. I send you the passport desired, which I hope will be... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1844 - 592 pages
...hard to prevent the coming war; but our endeavours were fruitless. This transaction is alluded to in the first page. If we may estimate the goodness of...hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed." — LZTTSOM'S Life of Dr. FothergiU, p. 177. I send you the passport desired, which I hope wifl be... | |
 | Karl Friedrich H. Marx - 1846 - 374 pages
...Character of a Physician. London, 1772, p. 75.) f So writes Franklin, 1781, of the physician Fothergill. "If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition...doing it, I can hardly conceive that a better man has never existed." — (Lettsom — Some Account of the late John Fothergill. London, 1783, p. 168.) blamed... | |
 | 1860 - 472 pages
...is by Dr. Franklin, and may not inappropriately conclude our very brief notice of him : — " If we estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition to do good, and his constant endeavors and success in doing it, 1 can hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed." PEARS... | |
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If we may estimate the goodness of a man by his disposition to do good, and his constant endeavours and success in doing it, I can hardly conceive that a better man has ever existed. 
