His talents and fancy overflowed on every subject. One gentleman was a deep philologist — he talked with him on the origin of the alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied... Edinburgh and Country Croonings - الصفحة 121بواسطة James Lumsden - 1905 - عدد الصفحات: 352عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Walter Scott - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question, his information...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic, — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question, his information...every one's command. His talents and fancy overflowed ou * Note by Captain Clutterbuck. Probably the ingenious author alludes to the national adage • The... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question, his information...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic, — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...Watt's improvements on the steamengine.— Note by CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK. had his attention alive to every one's question, his information at every one's...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic, — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 382
...Mr Watt's improvements on the steamengine.—Note by CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK. had Ms attention alive to every one's question, his information at every one's...overflowed on every subject. One gentleman was a deep philolo-» gist,—he talked with him on the origin of the alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 502
...I shall never see or hear again. In his 85th year, the alert, kind, and benevolent old man had his attention at every one's question, his information at every one's command. His talent and fancy overflowed on every subject ; one gentleman was a deep philologist — he talked with... | |
| François Arago - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 154
...shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-first year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question, his information...alphabet, as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic, — you would have said that the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres... | |
| François Arago - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...hear again. In his eighty-second year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention alive to every one's question, his information at every one's...alphabet as if he had been coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic, — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres... | |
| 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 474
...shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-first year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question, his information at every one's command. His * At the table of one of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.— EDIT. talents and fancy overflowed... | |
| Boyman Boyman - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 210
...shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year,* the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question, his information...alphabet, as if he had been coeval with Cadmus; another a celebrated critic — you would have said the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres... | |
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