 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...education recommended by Milton, which he had by heart; and thus, to transcribe an observation of bis own, with the fortune of a peasant, giving himself the education of a prince. If the literary acquisitions of Mr. Jones, at this period, be compared wath his years, few instances... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 pages
...plan of education recommended by Milton, which he had by heart ; and thus, to use his own words, " with the fortune of a peasant, giving himself the education of a prince." This wonderful man, however, actually disdained the character of a mere linguist ; regarding languages... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...the plan of education recommended by Milton, which he had by heart; and thus, to use his own words, " with the fortune of a peasant, giving himself the education of a prince." This wonderful man, however, actually disdained the character of a mere linguist ; regarding languages... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1830 - 452 pages
...the habit of devoting whole nights to study, when he would generally take coffee or tea. to keep off sleep. He had, even already, merely to divert his...learning the German language, music, and the art of claying on the Welsh harp, the instrument of his country. It was while residing in the temple, and... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1830 - 484 pages
...law ; and it is related that he would often amuse and surprise his mother's legal acquaintances, hy putting cases to them from an abridgment of Coke's...time after this, in the family of Lord Spencer, he em. braced an opportunity of accomplishing himself in dancing and the use of the broad-sword, and of... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Child rearing - 1834 - 442 pages
...plan of education recommended by Milton, which he had by heart ; and thus, to use his own words, " with the fortune of a peasant, giving himself the education of a prince." This wonderful man, however, actually disdained the character of a mere linguist ; regarding languages... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...he learnt dancing, the broad-sword exercise, music, besides the art of playing on the Welsh harp; " thus," to transcribe an observation of his own, "...peasant, giving himself the education of a prince." On his return, he resided with his pupil at Harrow, and, during his ahode there, he translated into... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...Spa, he learnt dancing, the broad-sword exercise, music, besides the art of playing on the Welsh harp; correct Ihe On hit return, he resided with his pupil at Harrow, and, during his abode there, he translated into... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...knowledge of the Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese languages — thus, to use his own expression, with the fortune of a peasant giving himself the education of a prince ! Being appointed to a judgeship in India, immediately on his arrival in that country he exerted himself... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1847 - 388 pages
...cases to them from an abridgement of Coke's Institutes, which he had read and mastered. In afterlife, his maxim was, never to neglect any opportunity of...education of a prince." In the same spirit, while tutor, sometime after this, in the family of Lord Spencer, he embraced an opportunity of accomplishing himself... | |
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In after life his maxim was never to neglect any opportunity of improvement which presented itself. In conformity with this rule, while making the most wonderful exertions in the study of Greek, Latin, and the Oriental languages, at Oxford, he took advantage... 
