 I had not been long at the university, before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do...  Select British Classics - Sida 41803Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 474 sidor
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life. . . . " I have passed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 sidor
...public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life. . . . " I have passed my latter years in this city, where I am frequently seen in most public places,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 256 sidor
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence : for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered...applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, 30 that there are very • few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 164 sidor
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence : for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 168 sidor
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence : for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1893 - 204 sidor
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered...very few celebrated books, either in the learned or modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father, I was resolved to travel... | |
 | William Edward Mead - 1894 - 298 sidor
...really forms a part of the verb. For example : — " That is the best house I can think of." " Whilst in this learned body, I applied myself with so much...the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with . " * SECTION VII. Now that we have studied in the preBeautyof ced i n g pages by what means sentences... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 sidor
...during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered ;he quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever .spoke ;hree sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in tbis learned body, I ap132 133 piled myself... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1895 - 530 sidor
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered...very few celebrated books, either in the learned or modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father, I was resolved to travel... | |
 | William Ralston Balch - 1895 - 836 sidor
...that which ariseth from the invention of truth." For invention he ought to have said discovery. " I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life."— tytctatar. Instead of together, the writer should have said successively or in succession. " I had... | |
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