| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 336 halaman
...letter of Anthony Wood, inquiring whether he was an Oxonian, he replied with dignified simplicity, " As to myself, my faults are no disgrace to any university, for I was of none ; I have little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and... | |
| 1833 - 516 halaman
...Wood, inquiring whether he was an Oxonian, he replied, with beautiful and dignified simplicity, — " As to myself, my faults are no disgrace to any university, for I was of none ; I have little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and... | |
| 1842 - 284 halaman
...asked whether he was of Oxford University ? and with beautiful simplicity he replied as follows: — " As to myself, my faults are no disgrace to any University ; for I was of none. I have but little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness... | |
| 1845 - 442 halaman
...is true, speaks as if he had estimated these studies very differently. " As to myself," he says, " my faults are no disgrace to any university, for I...none, and have little but what I had out of books, and very inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and pain helped me to study how to die; that... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - 1846 - 392 halaman
...evidently a self-taught scholar; indeed he says, with his usual point and noble simplicity: " As for myself, my faults are no disgrace to any university, for I was of none; I have but little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1846 - 328 halaman
...Anthony Wood, who wished to know whether he was an alumnus of Oxford. " As to myself," says Baxter, " my faults are no disgrace to any university, for I was of none ; I have little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1846 - 370 halaman
...Anthony Wood, who wished to know whether he was an alumnus of Oxford. " As to myself," says Baxter, " my faults are no disgrace to any university, for I was of none ; I have little but what I had out of books, and ineonsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and... | |
| 1850 - 790 halaman
...and usefulness, as it is dignified in manner and beautiful in expression. " As to myself," said he, " my faults are no disgrace to any University ; for I was of none. I have little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and... | |
| Bradford Kinney Peirce - 1851 - 512 halaman
...made great proficiency in his studies. He says of himself in reference to his early training — " As to myself, my faults are no disgrace to any University,...; and have little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and pain helped me to study how to die ; that set... | |
| David Thomas - 462 halaman
...noteworthy. It was in answer to a letter from Anthony Wood, inquiring whether he was an Oxonian. " As to myself, my faults are no disgrace to any university, for I was of none. I have little but what I had out of books, and inconsiderable helps of country tutors. Weakness and... | |
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