 Dr Adam, to whom I owed so much, never failed to remind me of my obligations when I had made some figure in the literary world. He was, indeed, deeply imbued with that fortunate vanity which alone could induce a man who has arms to pare and burn a muir,...  The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist - Страница 5851837Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 324 страница
...myself, considered that I had a character for learning to maintain. Dr. Adam, to whom 1 owed so much, never failed to remind me of my obligations when I...fortunate vanity which alone could induce a man who has arras to pare and bum a muir to submit to the yet more toilsome task of cultivating youth. As Catholics... | |
 | Thomas Adolphus Trollope - 1840 - 468 страница
...that precious morsel of autobiography, which Scott has left behind him, in which he speaks of the " fortunate vanity, which alone could induce a man,...the yet more toilsome task of cultivating youth." Leaving the painful process still in operation, we wandered on to a little miniature promenade, in... | |
 | Thomas Adolphus Trollope - 1840 - 468 страница
...that precious morsel of autobiography, which Scott has left behind him, in which he speaks of the " fortunate vanity, which alone could induce a man,...the yet more toilsome task of cultivating youth." Leaving the painful process still in operation, we wandered on to a little miniature promenade, in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 страница
...myself, considered that I had a character for learning to maintain. Dr. Adam, to whom I owed so much, never failed to remind me of my obligations when I...induce a man, who has arms to pare and burn a muir, lo submit to the yet more toilsome task of cultivating youth. As Catholics confide in the imputed righteousness... | |
 | William Steven - 1849 - 622 страница
...myself, considered that I had a character for learning to maintain. Dr Adam, to whom I owed so much, never failed to remind me of my obligations when I had made some figure in the literary world.1 Among the papers of the late Dr Adam, we were much gratified in discovering several prosaic... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 страница
...myself, considered • that I had a character for learning to maintain. Dr Adam, to whom I owed so much, never failed to remind me of my obligations when I...the yet more toilsome task of cultivating youth. As Catholies confide in the imputed righteousness of their saints, so did the good old Doctor plume himself... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1867 - 600 страница
...says of Dr. Adam, the learned author of the "Roman Antiquities," that "He was deeply imbibed with the fortunate vanity which alone could induce a man, who has arms to pare and burn a muir, to submit to tiie still more toilsome task of cultivating youth." In some admirable essays lately written in England,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 422 страница
...myself, considered that I had a character for learning to maintain. Dr Adam, to whom I owed so much, never failed to remind me of my obligations when I...toilsome task of cultivating youth. As Catholics confide hi the imputed righteousness of their saints, so did the good old Doctor plume himself upon the success... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1891 - 604 страница
...of Dr. Adam, the learned author of the " Roman Antiquities, " that " He was deeply imbued with the fortunate vanity which alone could induce a man, who...has arms to pare and burn a muir, to submit to the still more toilsome task of cultivating youth." In some admirable essays lately written in England,... | |
 | Wilmot Harrison - 1893 - 144 страница
...happy ' (Life of Brougham). Scott, in his autobiography, writes : ' Dr. Adam, to whom I owed so much, never failed to remind me of my obligations when I...to the yet more toilsome task of cultivating youth. . . . He remembered the fate of every boy at his school during the fifty years he had supported it,... | |
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