MY father took as much care of my education, as his paflion for rambling about in fearch of adventures would permit. But he thought it an article of the utmoft importance, to make me thoroughly acquainted with Polemical Divinity; in which he was himfelf... John Buncle, Junior, Gentleman - Page 65by Thomas Cogan - 1776Full view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1776 - 510 pages
...afflictions I hafe ftffered in life. ' My father took as much care of my education, as his pafiion for rambling about in fearch of adventures would permit....of age, I was able to handle my weapons with fuch dexteiity, that every Athanafian combatant was afraid to enter the iiii with me. My father triumphed... | |
| Bibliography - 1776 - 586 pages
...life. . " My father took as much care of my education, as his p..ffion for rambliiĀ»g about in learch of adventures would permit. But he thought it an article...acquainted with polemical divinity ; in which he was himfclf fo great an adept i When I was fcarccly twelve years of age, I was able to handlemy weapens... | |
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