 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 418 pages
...which reason I found he had very much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives of Don Bellianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, ' the...Seven Champions,' and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son, and that these... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1902 - 386 pages
...much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Belianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son ; and that these... | |
 | Longman (Firm), Robert McWilliam - English literature - 1905 - 628 pages
...that he did not delight in that Learning, because he did not believe they were true ; for which Eeason I found he had very much turned his Studies, for about...Seven Champions, and other Historians of that Age. The final number of the ' Tatler ' came out on January 2, 1711, and Steele bids farewell to his readers... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 428 pages
...which reason I found he had very much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives of Don Bellianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, 'the Seven Champions,' and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son, and that these... | |
 | English literature - 1906 - 578 pages
...had excellent parts, and was a great master of all the learning on the other side eight years old. I perceived him a very great historian in ./Esop's...Seven Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son ; and that these... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1907 - 392 pages
...much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Belianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son ; and that these... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - Authors, English - 1909 - 368 pages
...had excellent parts, and was a great master of all the learning on the other side eight years old. I perceived him a very great historian in ^Esop's...Seven Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son; and that these... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1909 - 572 pages
...much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Belianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions,' and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son; and that these... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Belianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son; and that these... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...much turned his studies, for about a twelvemonth past, into the lives and adventures of Don Belianis of Greece, Guy of Warwick, the Seven Champions, and other historians of that age. I could not but observe the satisfaction the father took in the forwardness of his son; and that these... | |
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Fables; but he frankly declared to me his mind, "that he did not delight in that learning, because he did not believe they were true"; for which reason I found he had very much turned his studies, for about a twelve-month past, into the lives and adventures... 
