 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 302 pages
...being recommended to him, as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation; attended him every afternoon, except on Sundays. Milton,...Hartlib, had declared, that to read Latin with an Englijh mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French, required that Elwood Ihould learn and practife the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 280 pages
...grammatical confufion, and the trouble of leffons unneceffarily repeated. About this time Elwood the quaker being recommended to him, as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation ; attended him every afternoon, except on Sundays. Milton, who, in his letter to Hartlib,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pages
...being recommended to him as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation ; attended him every afternoon, except on Sundays. Milton,...Hartlib, had declared, that to read Latin with an Englijh mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French, required that Elwood fhould learn and pra&ife the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 494 pages
...grammatical confufion, and the trouble of leffons unneceflarily repeated. About this time Elwood the quaker, being recommended to him as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation ; attended him every afternoon, except on Sundays. Milton, who, in his letter to Hartlib,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 pages
...confufion, and the trouble of Icflbns unneceflarily repeated, About ATxrnt this time Elwood the quaker, being recommended to him as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation, attended him ever)' afternoon, except on Sundays *. Milton, who, ui his letter to Hartlib,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...trouble of leflbns unneceffarily repeated. About this time Elwood the quaker, being recom- '?'; mended to him as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation, attended him every afternoon, except on Sundays *, Milton, who, in his" letter to Hartlib,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...left to their care, v. 245. ' ^ . El-wood, the Quaker, fome account of, i. 177. Recommended to Milton as one who would read Latin to him for the advantage of his converiation, ib. Milton requires that he fhould learn and praclife the Italian pronunciation, ib.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...grammatical confufion, and the trouble of leflbns unneceflarily repeated. About this timeElwood the Quaker, being recommended to him as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation, attended him every afternoon, except on Sundays. Milton, who, in his letter to Hartlib,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...grammati*cal confufion, and the trouble of leflbns unneceflarily repeated. About this time Ehvood the quaker being recommended to him, as one who would read Latin to him, for the advantage of his converfation > attended him every afternoon, exCept on Sundays. Milton, who, in his letter to Hartlib,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...grammatical confufion, and the trouble of leflbns unneceflarily repeated. About this time Elwood the Quaker, being recommended to him as one who would read Latin to him for the advantage of his converfation, attended him every afternoon except on Sundays. Milton, who, in his letter to Hartlib,... | |
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Lost, could descend from his elevation to rescue children from the perplexity of grammatical confusion, and the trouble of lessons unnecessarily repeated. About this time Elwood the quaker, being recommended to him as one who would read Latin to him,... 
