 Latin tongues, are thereto no less skilful in the Spanish, Italian, and French, or in some one of them, it resteth not in me, sith I am persuaded, that as the noblemen and gentlemen do surmount in this behalf, so these come little or nothing at all behind...  Moral and political dialogues - Page 237by Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1775 - 446 pages
...excellent " gifts of learning," &c. page 24.2. Truly, fays Harrifon, it is a rare thing with us now to hear of a courtier which hath but his own language ; and to fay how many gentlewomen and ladies there are, that, befides found knowledge of the Greek and Latin... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 552 pages
...excellent gifts of learning," Sac. Page 242. Truly, says Harrison, it is- a rare thing with us now to hear of a courtier which hath but his own language...say how many gentlewomen and ladies there are that, besides sound knowledge of the Greek and Latin tongues, are thereto no less skilful in the Spanish,... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 418 pages
...beside an excellent vein of writing, before time not regarded. Truly it is a rare thing with us now, to hear of a courtier which hath but his Own language....say how many gentlewomen and ladies there are, that, besids sound knowledge of the Greek and Latin tongues, are thereto no less skilful in the Spanish,... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 550 pages
...excellent gifts of " learning," &c. Page 242. Truly, says Harrison, it is a rare thing with us now to hear of a courtier which hath but his own language...say how many gentlewomen and ladies there are that, besides sound knowledge of the Greek and Latin tongues, are thereto no less skilful in the Spanish,... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 492 pages
...of this age, the queen's vanity lay more in shining by her own learning, than in encouraging men of hath but his own language ; and to say how many gentlewomen and ladies there are that, besides sound knowledge of the Greek and Latin tongues, are thereto no less skilful in the Spanish,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...it is a rare thing with us now, to heare of a courtier which hath but his owne language. And to saie ffects of time over every object in physical nature, Greeke and Latine toongs, are thereto no lesse skilfull in the Spanish, Italian, and French, or in... | |
 | 1841 - 444 pages
...eulogistic description in the quaint language of the period : " Truly it is a rare thing with us now to hear of a courtier which hath but his own language ; and to say how many gentlemen and ladies there are that, besides sound knowledge of the Greek and Latin tongues, are thereto... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 pages
...it is a rare thing with us now to heare of a courtier which hath but his owne language. And to saie how many gentlewomen and ladies there are, that beside sound knowledge of the Greeke and Latine toongs, are thereto no lesse skilful in the Spanish, Italian, and French, or in some... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - Embroidery - 1841 - 424 pages
...it is a rare thing with us now to heare of a courtier which hath but his owne language. And to saie how many gentlewomen and ladies there are, that beside sound knowledge of the Greeke and Latine toongs, are thereto no lesse skilful in the Spanish, Italian, and French, or in some... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1843 - 970 pages
...it is a rare thing with us now, to heare of a courtier which hath but his owne language. And to saie , it was matted entirely over; thus, Sir Henry Wotton, in a letter which desc Greeke and Latine toongs, are thereto no lesse skilfull in the Spanish, Italian, and French, or in... | |
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