 | 1806 - 312 ページ
...grand-children. Dryden's most pleasing productions werp vrritten in his old age. Dr. Johnson appliecj himself to the Dutch language but a few years before his death. But on this head, the Marquis de Saint Aulaire may be regarded as a prodigy : at the age of seventy... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 538 ページ
...the Chancellor of France, learnt logic, merely for an amusement, to dispute with his grandchildren. Dr. Johnson applied himself to the Dutch language but a few years before his death. But on this head the Marquis de Saint Aulaire may be regarded as a prodigy : at the age of seventy... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1837 - 668 ページ
...commenced the study of the Latin. SIR HENHY SPELMAN neglected the sciences in his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between fifty and sixty...time, he became a most learned antiquarian and lawyer. COLBERT, the famous French minister, at sixty years of age, returned to his Latin and law studies.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 538 ページ
...the chancellor of France, learned logic, merely for an amusement, to dispute with his grandchildren. Dr. Johnson applied himself to the Dutch language but a few years before his death. The Marquis de Saint Aulaire, at the age of seventy, began to court the Muses, and they crowned him... | |
 | David Drummond - 1829 - 230 ページ
...dispute with his grand children." " Dryden's most pleasing productions were written in his old " age. Dr. Johnson applied himself to the Dutch language but " a few years before his death. But on this head, the Marquis " de Saint Aulaire may be regarded as a prodigy : at the age of " seventy... | |
 | 1852 - 652 ページ
...gradually acquired language after language, till he is now one of the greatest oriental scholars living. Dr. Johnson applied himself to the Dutch language but a few years before his death. Lady Mary Wortley Montague learned the Latin by stealth in her father's library, secretly studying... | |
 | William Huffington - 1839 - 500 ページ
...solace to his declining years. Sir Henry Spelman neglected the sciences in his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between" fifty and sixty...time he became a most learned antiquarian and lawyer. Colbert the famous French minister, at sixty years of age returned to his Latin and law studies. Dr.... | |
 | 1839 - 430 ページ
...literature, but now they* are too old. Sir Henry Spelman neglected the sciences in his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between fifty and sixty years of age. After this time he became the most learn. ed antiquarian and lawyer. Our young men begin to think of laying their seniors on... | |
 | 1848 - 400 ページ
...Chancellor of France, learned logic, merely for an amusement, and to dispute with his grand-children. Dr. Johnson applied himself to the Dutch language,...years before his death. Ludovico Monaldesco, at the extraordinary age of 115, wrote the memoirs of his times, a singular exertion, noticed by Voltaire,... | |
 | 1851 - 448 ページ
...literature, but now they are too old. SIR HENRY SPELMAN neglected the sciences in his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between fifty and sixty years of age. After this time he became the most learned antiquarian and lawyer. Our young men begin to think of laying their seniors on the... | |
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Spelman neglected the sciences in his youth, but oommenced the study of them when he was between fifty and sixty years of age. After this time he became a most learned antiquarian and lawyer. 
