| James Boswell - 1880 - 488 pages
...celebrity.1 He, however, ob served 'to Mr. Malone, that " though he made no great figure in mathematics, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...of Horace into English better than any of them." He after wards studied physic at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent ; and, I have been informed, was enabled... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 780 pages
...dislike. But in scholarship and general literary accomplishment he cannot have been among the worst. He could "turn an ode of Horace into English better than any of them," he afterwards told Malone, and there is no reason to doubt it. In Greek, too, he must have sometimes been rewarded... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1883 - 166 pages
...dislike. But in scholarship and general literary accomplishment he cannot have been among the worst. He could " turn an ode of Horace into English better than any of them," he afterwards told Malone, and there is no reason to dout In Greek, too, he must have sometimes been rewarded with... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 784 pages
...prolike. But in scholarship and general literary accomplishment he cannot ire been among the worst ldsmith told Malone, and there is no reason to doubt it. In Greek, too, he most have sometimes been rewarded... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 pages
...celebrity. He, however, observed to Mr. Malone that "though he made no great figure in mathematics, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...English better than any of them." He afterwards studied physics at Edinburgh and upon the Continent, and I have been informed was enabled to pursue his travels... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 pages
...celebrity. He, however, observed to Mr. Malone that "though he made no great figure in mathematics, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...English better than any of them." He afterwards studied physics at Edinburgh and upon the Continent, and I have been informed was enabled to pursue his travels... | |
| James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...celebrity2. He, however, observed to Mr. Malone, that ' though he made no great figure in mathematicks3, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...of Horace into English better than any of them.' He aftenvards studied physick at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent; and I have been informed, was enabled... | |
| James Boswell - 1887 - 576 pages
...he could turn an Ode of Horace into English better than any of them.' He afterwards studied physick at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent ; and I have...been informed, was enabled to pursue his travels on foot4, partly by demanding at Universities to enter the lists as a disputant, by which, according to... | |
| James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pages
...celebrity. lie, however, observed to Mr. Malone, that " though he made no great figure in mathematicks, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn an Ode of Horace better than any of them." He afterwards studied physick at Edinburgh, and upon the Continent; and I... | |
| James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...I have seen,— KEARNEY. [1763. to Mr. Malone, that "though he made no great figure in mathematics, which was a study in much repute there, he could turn...them." He afterwards studied physic at Edinburgh, and upun the 'Continent : and, I have been iniormed, was enabled to pursue his travels on foot, partly... | |
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