 | Biography - 1803 - 598 pages
...were now humbled. I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr.Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. L. I possessed at this time but one book in the world: it was a treatise on algebra, given to me by... | |
 | 1803 - 614 pages
...were now humbled. I did fiot however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr.Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...master destined his youngest son for the situation tq which I aspired. I possessed at this time but one book in the world: it was a treatise on algebra,... | |
 | 1803 - 572 pages
...were now humbled. I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...was found out, they were rendered still less so. I ' • My indenture, which now lie* before me, i» dated the Ut of January, 177*.' could could not guess... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...were now humbled. I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...discovered that my master destined his youngest son for tho situation to which I aspired. treasure locked up : for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted... | |
 | Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 576 pages
...were now humbled. I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...discovered that my master destined his youngest son for tlae situation to which I aspired. treasure locked up : for it supposed the reader to be well acquainted... | |
 | Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 572 pages
...were now humbled. I did not however quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...them was found out, they were rendered still less so, J could not guess the motives for this at first; but at length I discovered that my master destined... | |
 | Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 582 pages
...hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite situdy, at every interval of leisure. These intervals were not very frequent; and when the use J made of them was found out, they were rendered still less so. J could not guess the motives for this... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign the hope of one day succeeding Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study...destined his youngest son for the situation to which 1 aspired. " I possessed at this time but one book in the world; it was a Treatise on Algebra, given... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1830 - 340 pages
...were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign my hope of one day succeeding to Mr Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study...so. I could not guess the motives for this at first j but at length I discovered that my master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1827 - 730 pages
...were now humbled. I did not, however, quite resign the hope of one day succeeding to Mr. Hugh Smerdon, and therefore secretly prosecuted my favourite study,...them was found out, they were rendered still less so. 1 could not guess the motives for this at first; but at length I discovered that my Master destined... | |
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I made of them was found out, they were rendered still less so. I could not guess the motives for this at first ; but at length I discovered that my master destined his youngest son for the situation to which I aspired. I possessed at this time but one... 
