 ... tongues ; had passed most of her time in an application to learning; and expressed a great indifference for other occupations and amusements, usual with her sex and station. Roger Ascham, tutor to the Lady Elizabeth, having...  The Outcasts: A Romance - Page 249by Karoline Auguste von Briest Freiin de La Motte-Fouqué - 1824Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 480 pages
...tutor to the lady Elizabeth, having one day ^^^/ paid her a visit, found her employed in reading 1553. Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park ; and on his admiring the singularity of her choice, she told him that she received... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...Roger Ascham, tutor to the lady Elizabeth, having- at one time paid her a visit, found her employed in reading 'Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park ; and upon his admiring the singularity of her choice, she told him that she;<!-!... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...Roger Ascham, tutor to the lady Elizabeth, having at one time paid her a visit, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park ; and upon his admiring the singularity of her choice, she told him, that she... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...having one day paid her a visit, at Broadgate, her father's seat in Leicestershire, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park. On his admiring the singularity of her choice, she told him that she received... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 368 pages
...station. Roger Ascham, tutor to the lady Elizabeth, having one day paid her a visit, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park; and on his admiring the singularity of her choice, she told him that she received... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...Roger Ascham, tutor to the lady Elizabeth, having at one time paid her a visit, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park; and upon his admiring the singularity of her choice, she told him that she... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...Roger Ascham,0 tutor to the lady Elizabeth, having at one time paid her a visit, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of huntingin the park; and upon hi* admiring the singularity of her choice, she told him that she "... | |
 | Karoline Auguste freiin de La Motte-Fouqué - 1824 - 634 pages
...30. Roger Ascham, tutor to the Lady Elizabeth, having one day paid her a visit, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park. — HUME, vol. iv. p. 3(59. " Her heart, full of passion for literature and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...Roger Ascham, tutor to the lady Elizabeth, having at one time paid her a visit, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a party of hunting in the park ; and upon his admiring the singularity of her choice, she told hinijjthat^she... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 418 pages
...Roger Ascham one day paying a visit to the amiable but unfortunate Lady Jane Grey, found her employed in reading Plato, while the rest of the family were engaged in a hunting party in the park. On bis remarking on the singularity of her cKoice, she said with a smile,... | |
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