| 1753 - 750 pages
...either hand with fuch force and dexterity, that fcarce any one had courage to engage him. Having ftudicd at St Andrew's in Scotland, he went to Paris in his...twenty-firft year, and affixed on the gate of the col$ R 2 leg. iken ; and the good eneas of his conlencewill then appear in great attempts id great... | |
| 742 pages
...tor tbe bea'jty of his perfon, as for the flrength of his genius. At twenty-one, be went to Paris, and affixed on the gate of the college of Navarre,...him on a certain day ; offering to his opponents, whofoever they fhould be, the choice of ten ]jnguages, and of all the faculties and faiences. On the... | |
| 796 pages
...fur the beauty of his perlón, as for the ftrength of his genius. At twenty-one, be went to Paris, and affixed on the gate of the college of Navarre, a kind of challenge to the learned of that univerlity, to difpute with him on a certain day ; offering to his opponents, whofocver they iliould... | |
| 874 pages
...Having (ludifd at St. Andrew's, in Scotland, he went to Paris in hi» twentyTwenty- firft year,and affixed on the gate of the college of Navarre, a kind...of challenge to the learned of that univerfity to difrute wilh him on a certain day ; offering to his opponents, whoever they fhoufd be, the choice of... | |
| 1786 - 800 pages
...ftudied at St. Andrew's, in ScotJand, he went to Paris in his twenty- firft year, and affixed on tbc gate of the college of Navarre, a kind of challenge to the learned of that univerfity to dilpute with him on a certain day ; offering to his opponents, whoever they ftiould be, the choice... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...with fuch force and dex' terity, that fcarce any one had courage to engage ' him. ' Having ftudied at St. Andrew's in Scotland, he ' went to Paris in...' challenge to the learned of that univerfity, to dif» * putc with him on a certain day ; offering to his ' opponents, whoever they fhould be, the choice... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 642 pages
...with fuch force and dex' terity, that fcarce any one had courage to engage « him. • Having ftudied at St. Andrew's in Scotland, he * went to Paris in...' challenge to the learned of that univerfity, to dif1 pute with him on a certain day ; .offering to his c opponents, whoever they Ihould be, the choice... | |
| John Hawkins - 1787 - 652 pages
...with fuch force and dex* ferity, that fcarce any one had courage to engage ' him. ' Having fludied at St. Andrew's in Scotland, he ' went to Paris in...* challenge to the learned of that univerfity, to dif' pute with him on a certain day ; offering to his * opponents, whoever they fhould be, the choice... | |
| John Hawkins - 1787 - 636 pages
...that fcarce any one had courage to engage ' him. * Having ftudied at St. Andrew's in Scotland, he c went to Paris in his twenty-firft year, and affixed...' challenge to the learned of that univerfity, to dif' pute with him on a certain day -, offering to his ' opponents whoever they fhould be, the choice... | |
| Sir John Hawkins - 1787 - 634 pages
...with fuch force and dex' terity, that fcarce any one had courage to engage ' him. * Having ftudied at St. Andrew's in Scotland, he ' went to Paris in his twenty-firft year, and affixed f on the gate of the college of Navarre a kind of ' challenge to the learned of that univerfity, to... | |
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