 | 1821 - 724 lapas
...reputed to have brought upon myself all the sufferings which 1 shall have to record, great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment an accomby a long course of indulgence in plishment which I have not since this practice purely... | |
 | 1822 - 970 lapas
...thirteen, I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen, my command of that language was so great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment an accomplishment which I have not since met wfth in any scholar of my times, and which, in my... | |
 | James Wheeler (of Prestwich.) - 1836 - 562 lapas
...a better Grecian than his tutor. He was in fact an excellent classic, and at the age of fifteen, " not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...himself a scholar, has said of him "that boy could harrangue an Athenian mob better than I conld address an English one." After having repeatedly written... | |
 | James Wheeler (of Prestwich.) - 1836 - 566 lapas
...classic, and at the age of fifteen, " not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but could conversein Greek fluently and without embarrassment," so perfectly,...himself a scholar, has said of him " that boy could harrangue an Athenian mob better than I conld address an English one." After having repeatedly written... | |
 | 1837 - 654 lapas
...a better Grecian than his tutor. He was in fact an excellent classic, and at the age of fifteen, ' not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...could harangue an Athenian mob better than I could address an English one.' After having repeatedly written to one of his guardians, requesting to be... | |
 | Benjamin Love - 1839 - 296 lapas
...as the Princes' Tavern, in Crossstreet, corner of Princess-street, in Manchester. At the age of 1 5, De Quincey "not only composed Greek verses, in lyric...Athenian mob better than I could an English one." MUs MARSHALL, authoress of several popular juvenile works, resides in Manchester. ROBERT S. M'ALL,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1847 - 270 lapas
...thirteen I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen my command of that language was so great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment an accomplishment which I have not since met with in any scholar of my times, and which, in my... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1867 - 140 lapas
...thirteen I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen my command of that language was so great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment an accomplishment which I have not since met with in any scholar of my times, and which, in my... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1877 - 418 lapas
...wrote Greek with ease," he says, " and at fifteen my command of that language was so great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment an accomplishment which I have not since met with in any scholar of my times, and which, in my... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 236 lapas
...thirteen, I wrote Greek with ease ; and at fifteen my command of that language was so great, that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but...converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment an accomplishment which I have not since met with in any scholar of my times, and which, in my... | |
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At thirteen, I wrote Greek with ease; and at fifteen my command of that language was so great that I not only composed Greek verses in lyric metres, but could converse in Greek fluently, and without embarrassment... 
