 | 1880 - 1028 pages
...the full meaning of the first fifteen lines of that noble work. I took a triumphant walk in favour of that exploit. In the evening I read in the Spanish...language until bedtime. I followed this course for about three months, at the end of which time I had read nearly the whole of the Iliad in Greek, and... | |
 | 1848 - 800 pages
...possessed myself of the full meaning of the first fifteen lines of that noble work. I took a trinmphal walk in celebration of that exploit. In the evening...for two or three months, at the end of which time I had read about the whole of the Iliad in Greek, and made considerable progress in French, Italian,... | |
 | 1848 - 420 pages
...when I had first possessed myself of lliefull meaning of ihe firsl fifteen lines of thai noble work. I took a triumphal walk in celebration of that exploit....I followed this course for two or three months, at Ihc end of which lime I had read about the w'hole of the Illiad in Greek, and made considerable, progress... | |
 | Elihu Burritt - 1854 - 400 pages
...when I had first possessed myself of the full meaning of the first fifteen lines of that noble work. I took a triumphal walk in celebration of that exploit....for two or three months, at the end of which time I had read about the whole of the Iliad in Greek, and made considerable progress in French, Italian,... | |
 | Elihu Burritt, Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 402 pages
...language until bedtime. I followed this course for two or three months, at the end of which time I had read about the whole of the Iliad in Greek, and made...over, he returned again to New Britain, girded on his leathern apron, and again resolved to " make up for lost time." The fame of his learning, however,... | |
 | Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - 354 pages
...when I first possessed myself of the full meaning of the first fifteen lines of that noble work. I took a triumphal walk in celebration of that exploit....I read about the whole of the Iliad in Greek, and make considerable progress in French, Italian, German, and Spanish." Elihu had a perfect passion for... | |
 | REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1865 - 700 pages
...Ла< exploit. In the evening I read in the Spaniih language until bedtime. I followed this counê for two or three months, at the end of which time...over, he returned again to New Britain, girded on his leathern apron, and again resolved to "make up lost time." The fame of his learning, however, had travelled... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1870 - 552 pages
...when I first possessed myself of the full meaning of the first fifteen lines of that noble work. / took a triumphal walk in celebration of that exploit....progress in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. When tJie winter was over, he returned again to New Britain, girded on his leatJier apron, and again resolved... | |
 | 1878 - 620 pages
...Lactophosphate of Lime, and upon this I place an Oxy chloride of Zinc filling, and dismiss the patient for two or three months, at the end of which time I again apply the rubber-dam, remove the Oxy chloride of Zinc, and examine. If the softened dentine has... | |
 | Frederick Sherlock - 1879 - 272 pages
...when I had first possessed myself of the full meaning of the first fifteen lines of that noble work. / took a triumphal walk in celebration of that exploit....and Spanish." When the winter was over he returned to his native town, and once more donned the leathern apron in the fresh determination to make up for... | |
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... at that hour thronged the room. After dinner I took a short walk, and then again sat down to Homer's Iliad, with a determination to master it, without a master. The proudest moment of my life was when I first possessed myself of the full meaning of... 
