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" referens, I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known ; but I never either did hear or read of anything like to this sweet child, if it be right to call him child who has more knowledge than most men in the world. I counselled... "
The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London v. 1 - Page 421
by Royal College of Physicians of London - 1878
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The Chimney Corner Companion: Being a Selection of the Most Interesting ...

Anecdotes - 1827 - 510 pages
...orward and precoce youths, and some I have known, but I never did :ither hear or read of any thing like to this sweet child, if it be right to call him...who has more knowledge than most men in the world. THE JEWS The Israelites, or Jews, were so little connected with other nations, that their names have...
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The Dawning of Genius: Exemplified and Exhibited in the Early Lives of ...

Theodore Alois Buckley - Biography - 1853 - 446 pages
...sufficient to elicit the admiration of the learned Pepys. Well, and with sad reason, does Evelyn observe: " I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known; but I never did either hear or read of anything like to this sweet child,—if it be right to call him child,—...
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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S., Author of the ..., Volume 2

John Evelyn - 1854 - 470 pages
...study. He was perfect in arithmetic, and now newly entered into Greek. In sum (liorresco r¿ferena,) I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known, but I never did either hear or read of any¿ thing like to this sweet child, if it be right to call him child who...
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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F. R. S.: To which is ..., Volume 2

John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1859 - 450 pages
...study. He was perfect in arithmetic, and now newly entered into Greek. In sum (horresco referent), I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known, but I never did either hear or read of anything like to this sweet child, if it be right to call him child who...
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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is ..., Volume 2

John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1862 - 446 pages
...study. He was perfect in arithmetic, and now newly entered into Greek. In sum (horresco refereni), I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known, but I never did either hear or read of anything like to this sweet child, if it be right to call him child who...
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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is ..., Volume 2

John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1862 - 450 pages
...study. He was perfect in arithmetic, and now newly entered into Greek. In sum (/iorresco referena), I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known, but I never did either hear or read of anything like to this sweet child, if it be right to call him child who...
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The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London: 1518 to 1700

William Munk, Royal College of Physicians of London - Physicians - 1878 - 522 pages
...play as at his study. He was perfect in arithmetic, and now newly entered into Greek. In sum, harresco referens, I had read of divers forward and precocious...men in the world. I counselled his father not to set his heart too much on this jewel. Immodicis brevis est cetas et rara seneclus." ROBERT LEMAN, of Oulton,...
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The diary of John Evelyn

John Evelyn - Autobiography - 1879 - 652 pages
...youths, and some I have known, but I never did either heare or read of any thing like to this sweete child, if it be right to call him child who has more knowledge than most men in the world. I counsell'd his father not to set his heart too much on this Jewell, Immodicis brcvis est irtas., et...
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The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume 2

John Evelyn - Europe - 1901 - 410 pages
...referens), I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known, but I never did either hear or read of anything like to this sweet child,...who has more knowledge than most men in the world. I counseled his father not to set his heart too much on this jewel, <( Immodicis brevis est atas, et...
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Universal Classics Library, Volume 10

Literature - 1901 - 418 pages
...play as at his study. He was perfect in arithmetic, and now newly entered into Greek. In sum (horrescc referens), I had read of divers forward and precocious youths, and some I have known, but I never did eithet hear or read of anything like to this sweet child, if it be right to call him child who...
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