 I should read with pleasure any work that consists of a vocabulary so totally new to me ? Many years ago, when my faculties were much less impaired, I was forced to quit Dow's History of Indostan, because the Indian names made so little impression on...  The Literary Correspondence of John Pinkerton, Esq - Pagina 226door John Pinkerton - 1830 - 447 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Horace Walpole - 1800 - 310 pagina’s
...Itidoftan, becaufe the Indian names made fo little impreffion on me, that I went backward in-ftead of forward ; and was every minute reverting to the...to find about whom I was reading. Your book was a ftill more laborious talk to me, for it contains fuch a feries of argumentation, that it demanded a... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1800 - 302 pagina’s
...of Indoftan, becaufe the Indian names made fo little impreffion on me, that I went backward inflead of forward; and was every minute reverting to the former page, to find about whom I was reading. Thefe defeats have for fome time been fo obvious to me, that I never read now but the moft triffing... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 pagina’s
...totally new to me? Many years ago, when my faculties were much less impaired, I was forced to qnii Dow's History of Indostan, because the Indian names...was reading. Your book was a still more laborious task to me, for it contains such a series of argumentation, thatit demanded a double effort from a... | |
 | 1821 - 464 pagina’s
...was forced to quit Dow'a History of Indostan, because the Indian names made so little impression ou me, that I went backward instead of forward ; and...was reading. Your book was a still more laborious task to me, for it contains such a series of argumentation, that it demanded a double effort from a... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1830 - 356 pagina’s
...most familiar to me, is it possible I should read with pleasure any work that consists of a vocabulary totally new to me ? Many years ago, when my faculties...was reading. Your book was a still more laborious task to me, for it contains such a series of argumentation, that it demanded a double effort from a... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1830 - 494 pagina’s
...new to me ? Many years ago, when my faculties were much less impaired, I was forced to quit Do\v's History of Indostan, because the Indian names made...more laborious work to me ; for it contains such a scries of argumentation that o it demanded a double effort from a weak old head ; and, when I had made... | |
 | 1838 - 734 pagina’s
...letter to Mr. Pinkerton (dated August 14, 1789), says, "I was forced to quit Dow's History of Hindostan, because the Indian names made so little impression...the former page, to find about whom I was reading." If he, who read for information, found himself baffled, what must the case be w ith the desultory reader... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 590 pagina’s
...to quit Dow's History of Indostan, because the Indian names made so little impression on me, that 1 went backward instead of forward, and was every minute....argumentation that it demanded a double effort from a weak °ld head; and, when I had made myself master of a deduction, I forgot it ihe next day, and had my... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1851 - 768 pagina’s
...because the Indian names made so little impression on me, that I went backward instead of fori ward, and was every minute reverting to the ! former page to find about whom I 'was | reading." — Ibid. p. 226. " LORD BICHAN : " I wish death to keep off such quarry. I could let him have plenty... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1854 - 610 pagina’s
..." I was forced to quit Dow's Hindostan, for the Indian names made so little impression on me that I was every minute reverting to the former page to find about whom I was reading." Let an outline, then, he impressed deeply on your memory, so that you may have one Roman picture ever... | |
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