 He appeared very ambitious to learn to write ; and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on the top of a stair-case ; and that was his desk, where he sat and wrote after copies of court and other hands the clerks gave him. He made himself...  The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register - Page 3661798Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...Clement's- Inn, as I remember,) ' and courting the attornies clerks for fcraps. The extraordinary ' obfervance and diligence of the boy, made the fociety...and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on ' the top of a ftaircafe, and that was his deflc, where he fat and ' wrote after copies... | |
 | Sir John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 634 pages
...Clement' 's-lanf as I remember,) ' and courting the attormes clerks for fcraps. The extraordinary ' obfervance and diligence of the boy, made the fociety...and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on * the top of a ftaircafe, and that was his defk, where he fat and ' wrote after copies... | |
 | John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 636 pages
...Clemsnt't-Inn, at I re' member,) and courting the attornies clerks for fcraps. The ' extraordinary obfervance and diligence of the boy, made the ' fociety...and one of the attornies got a board knocked ' up at a window on the top of a ftaircafe, and that was his deik, ' where he fat and wrote after copies of... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 652 pages
...' and courting the attornies clerks for fcraps. The extraordinary ' obfervance and diligence of die boy, made the fociety willing to " do him good. He...and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on • the top of a ftaircafe, and that was his deft;, where he fat and ' wrote after copies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 642 pages
...Clement1 s-Inn, as I remember,) ' and conning the attornies clerks for 1'craps. The extraordinary ' obfervance and diligence of the boy, made the fociety...to • do him good. He appeared very ambitious to leaivi to write ; ' and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on ' the top of a fhircafe,... | |
 | John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 632 pages
...Clement' '/- Inn, as I rcmembw,) ' and courting the attomies clerks for fcraps. The extraordinary ' obfervance and diligence of the boy, made the fociety willing to * do him good. He appeared very ambitions to learn to write ; T and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at a window on * the... | |
 | Art - 1708 - 586 pages
...boy made the fociety willing todo him good. He appeared very ambitious to leam to write ; and one ot the attornies got a board knocked up at the window, on the top of a ftair-cafe ; and that was his defk, where he fat and wrote after copies of court and other hands the... | |
 | Art - 1798 - 580 pages
...ohfervance and dilis^nce of the boy made the fociety willing todo him good. He appeared very ambition to learn to write ; and one of the attornies got a board knocked up at the window, on the top of a Hair-cafe; and that was his dtfk, where he fat and wrote after copies of court and other hands tht... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - Law - 1810 - 530 pages
...attorneys' clerks for scraps. The extraordinary observance and diligence of the boy made the society willing to do him good. He appeared very ambitious to learn to write; and one of the attorneys got a board knocked up at a window on the top of a staircase, and that was his desk, where... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ethics - 1818 - 352 pages
...attorney's clerks for scraps. The extraordinary observance and diligence of the boy, made the society willing to do him good. He appeared very ambitious to learn to write, and one of the altornies got a board knocked up at a window on the top of a staircase ; and that was his desk, where... | |
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