 ... who read to me the various authorities ; and in time I became so far familiar with the sounds of the different foreign languages (to some of which, indeed, I had been previously accustomed by a residence abroad) that I could comprehend his reading...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 511864Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1859 - 868 pages
...reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes ; and, when these bad swelled to a considerable amount, they were read to...I had mastered their contents sufficiently for the purpose of composition. His first great work, "The History of Ferdinand and Isabella, appeared in 1838,... | |
 | United States - 1847 - 606 pages
...residence abroad) that I could comprehend his rending without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes ; and when these had swelled...found a severe trial to the eye. This was remedied by moans of a writing-case, such as is used by the blind, which enabled me to commit my thoughts to paper... | |
 | Theology - 1847 - 496 pages
...residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes ; and, when these had swelled...found a severe trial to the eye. This was remedied by means of a writing-case, such as is used by the blind, which enabled me to commit my thoughts to paper... | |
 | United States - 1847 - 602 pages
...residence abroad) that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded. I dictated copious notes ; and when these had swelled...found a severe trial to the eye. This was remedied by means of a writing-case, such as is used by the blind, which enabled me to commit my thoughts to paper... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1847 - 498 pages
...residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes ; and, when these had swelled...found a severe trial to the eye. This was remedied by means of a writing-case, such as is used by the blind, which enabled me to commit my thoughts to paper... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1847 - 580 pages
...residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes ; and, when these had swelled...Still another difficulty occurred in the mechanical labour of writing, which I found a severe trial to the eye. This was remedied by means of a writing-case,... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Incas - 1847 - 714 pages
...residence abroad), that l could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, l dictated copious notes; and, when these had swelled...Still another difficulty occurred in the mechanical labour of writing, which I found a severe trial to the eye. This was remedied by means of a writing-case,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1847 - 610 pages
...residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes ; and when these had swelled...considerable amount, they were read to me repeatedly, till 1 had mastered their contents sufficiently for the purposes of composition. The same notes furnished... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Incas - 1847 - 350 pages
...residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes; and, when these had swelled to a considerable amount, they were read to mo repeatedly, till I had mastered their contents sufficiently for the purposes of composition. The... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - Incas - 1848 - 530 pages
...residence abroad), that I could comprehend his reading without much difficulty. As the reader proceeded, I dictated copious notes; and, when these had swelled...Still another difficulty occurred in the mechanical labour of writing, which I found a severe trial to the eye. This was remedied by means of a writing-case,... | |
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