 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1796 - 560 pages
...and the learned had formed " the higheft expectations of him, from the fweet" nefs of his difpofition and the excellence of his" talents. He had begun to favour learning u before he was a great fcholar himfelf, and to be ** acquainted with it before he could make ufe of... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1798 - 516 pages
...from the fweetnefs of his 12 " difpofition " difpofition and the excellence of his talents. " He hacl begun to favour learning before he " was a great fcholar himfelf, and to be ac" quainted with it before he could make ufe of it, " Alas the wretched ftate of mortals ! not only... | |
 | William Seward - Anecdotes - 1804 - 496 pages
...and the learned had formed the higheft " expectations of him, from the fweetnefs of his " difpofition and the excellence of his talents. He " had begun to favour learning before he was a " great fcholar himfclf, and to be acquainted with " it before he could make ufe of it. Alas the " wretched ftate of... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 454 pages
...and the learned had formed the highest expectations of him, from the sweetness of his disposition, and the excellence of his talents. He had begun to favour learning before he was a great scholar himself, and to be acquainted with it before he could make use of it. Alas ! how prophetically... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 502 pages
...and the learned had formed the highest expectations of him, from the sweetness of his disposition, and the excellence of his talents. He had begun to favour learning before he was a great scholar himself, and to be acquainted with it before he could make use of it. Alas \ how prophetically... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 528 pages
...and the learned had formed ihe highest expectations of him, from the sweetness of his disposition, and the excellence of his talents. He had begun to favour learning before he was a great scholar himself, and to be acquainted with it before he could make use of it. Alas ! how prophetically... | |
 | John Iliff Wilson - London (England) - 1821 - 348 pages
...and the learned had formed the highest expectations of him, from the sweetness of his disposition, and the excellence of his talents. He had begun to favour learning before he was a great scholar himself, and to be acquainted with it before he could make use of it. Alas! how prophetically... | |
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He was a pretty good logician ; he understood natural philosophy and music, and played upon the lute. The good and the learned had formed the highest expectations of him, from the sweetness of his disposition, and the excellence of his talents. He had... 