 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 348 pages
...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 political...Cleishbotham, you would have sworn he had been coeval with Clavjerse and Burley, with the persecutors and persecuted, and could number every shot the dragoons... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...Mr. Watt's improvements on the steamWgine. every subject. One gentleman was a deep philologist,—he talked with him on the origin of the alphabet as if...studied political economy and belles-lettres all his life,—of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet, Captain... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1833 - 502 pages
...— you would have said the old man had studied Political Economy and Belles Lettres all his lite ; of science it is unnecessary to speak, it was his...Cleishbotham, you would have sworn he had been coeval with Clavers and Burley, with the persecutors and persecuted, and could number every shot the dragoons had... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 154 pages
...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...speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet when he spoke with your countryman, you would have supposed he had been coeval with Clavers and Burley,... | |
 | 1839 - 474 pages
...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...speak, it was his own distinguished walk. And yet when he spoke with your countryman, you would have supposed he had been coeval with Olavers and Burley,... | |
 | Boyman Boyman - 1840 - 210 pages
...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 political...Cleishbotham, you would have sworn he had been coeval with Claverhouse and Burley, with the persecutors and persecuted, and could number every shot the dragoons... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 670 pages
...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 political...Clutterbuck, when he spoke with your countryman Jedediah Cleishbothnm, you would have sworn he had been coeval with Claver'se and Burley, with the persecutors... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...alphabet, as if he had b•en coeval with Cadmus ; another a celebrated critic — you would have said that the old man had studied political economy and belles-lettres...unnecessary to speak — it was his own distinguished walk." If to these eulogies it be thought necessary to add the honorary titles conferred upon Mr Watt, it... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 pages
...the origin of the alphabet, as if he had been coeval with Cadmus. Another, a celebrated critic : jou would have said the old man had studied political...unnecessary to speak ; it was his own distinguished walk." Lord Brougham speaks of him thus : " One of the most astonishing circumstances in this truly great... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 642 pages
...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 political...Jedediah Cleishbotham, you would have sworn he had been coe\al with Claver'so and Burley, with the persecutors and persecuted, and could number every shot... | |
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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... 
