 ... went round the lodgings to wait upon the earl, the countess, and the children, and any considerable strangers, paying some short addresses to all of them. He kept these rounds till about twelve o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him,...  Essay on Religious Philosophy - Pagina 97door Emile Saisset - 1863Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Hardie - 1802 - 486 pagina’s
...12 o'clock he had a little dinner provided for him, which he ate always by himself without ceremony. Soon after dinner he retired to his study, and had...twelve pipes of tobacco, laid by him ; then shutting the door, he fell to sm oaking, thinking, and writing, for many hours without ceasing. He could not... | |
 | John Aikin - 1804 - 666 pagina’s
...o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him, which he eat always by himself without ceremony. Soon after dinner he retired to his study, and had...pipes of tobacco laid by him, then shutting his door, lie fell to smoaking, thinking, and writing for several hours." He was naturally of a timid disposition,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1805 - 272 pagina’s
...amounted to nothing. However, when they recollected that a great genius * " Soon after dinner, Hobbes retired to his study, and had his candle, with ten or twelve pipes laid by him ; then he fell to smoking, thinking, and writing." Bishop KEN NET'S Memoirs of the Family... | |
 | 1814 - 538 pagina’s
...o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him, which he eat always by himself without ceremony. Soon after dinner he retired to his study, and had...tobacco laid by him ; then shutting his door, he fell to smoaking, thinking, and writing for several hours. He retained a friend or two at court, and especially... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 pagina’s
...o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him, which lie eat always by himself without ceremony. Soon after dinner he retired to his study, and had his candle with ten or twelve pipes of tohacco laid by him ; then shutting his door, he fell to smoaking, thinking, and writing for several... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 882 pagina’s
...o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him, which he eat always by himself, without ceremony. Soon after dinner he retired to his study, and had his candle with fen or twelve pipes of tobacco laid by him, then shutting his door be fell to smoking, thinking, and... | |
 | Henry James Meller - 1834 - 158 pagina’s
...one of the most profound thinkers of his time, that as soon as the dinner was over, he used to retire to his study and had his candle with ten or twelve pipes of tobacco laid by him; then shutting the door he fell to smoking, thinking and writing for several hours together. Locke and Bacon smoked... | |
 | 1838 - 524 pagina’s
...o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him, which he ate always by himself without ceremony. Soon after dinner he retired to his study, and had...smoking, thinking, and writing for several hours.' We are told that he was testy and peevish in conversation, more particularly in his latter years, and... | |
 | 1839 - 524 pagina’s
...o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him, which he ale always by himself without ceremony. Soon after dinner he retired to his study, and had...smoking, thinking, and writing for several hours.' We are told that he was testy and peevish in conversation, more particularly in his latter years, and... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pagina’s
...o'clock, when he had a little dinner provided for him, which he ate always by himself, without ceremony. Soon after dinner, he retired to his study, and had...tobacco, laid by him; then, shutting his door, he fell to xmoking, thinking, and writing, for several hours." Hobbes wrote his own life, in Latin verse, when... | |
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