 | Robert Aspland - 1848 - 788 pages
...support. A short passage having reference to this fact exhibits him in literary association with Milton. " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and...Secretary of the Council, Mr. Milton, for my Dutch to him, read me many more languages." Milton, Williams and Sir Harry Vane ! — what a noble triumvirate... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...Connecticut), dated Providence, July 12, 1654 (see Elton's ' Life of Williams,' p. 104), Roger Williams writes: "The Secretary of the Council Mr Milton, for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages." When or where did Roger Williams learn Dutch ? How was be so proficient in Dutch as to read Dutch to... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...(ore Elton's ' Life of Williams,' p. 104), Roger Williams writes: "The Secretary of the Council M r Milton, for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages." When or where did Roger Williams learn Dutch ? How was be so proficient in Dutch as to read Dutch to... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 294 pages
...visit to England, tins anecdote of his exchange of liuijpiages with John Milton in his blindness — " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and, •with some persons, to practice the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The Secretary of the Council, Mr. Milton,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...England, this anecdote of his exchange of languages with John Milton in his blindness — " It pleaded the Lord to call me for some time, and, with some persons, to practice the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The Secretary of the Council, Mr. Milton,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...his blindness — " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and, with some persons, to practice the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The...Council, Mr. Milton, for my Dutch I read him, read mo many more languages.''! He was intimate with CromwelUand passed much time with Sir Henry Vane, the... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1860 - 670 pages
...Writing to Winthrop, soon after his return, with some account of his visit to England, Williams says : " The Secretary of the Council (Mr. Milton), for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages." (Mass. Hist. ColL, XXX. 4.) 1 Some of the charges against John Warner on this occasion have been mentioned... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Felt - New England - 1862 - 742 pages
...Williams refers to his having taught scholars while in London, which he did as a means for his support. " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time and with some persons, to practice the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The Secretary of the Council, (Mr. Milton,) for... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors, English - 1863 - 394 pages
...granted to Mr. Coddington. I give this remarkable passage in the words of this Anglo-American : — " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time and with...Dutch. The secretary of the council, Mr. Milton, for my Dutck I read him, read me many more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed a tyranny. I taught... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - Great Britain - 1866 - 328 pages
...Governor Winthrop of Connecticut an account of his employments while abroad, he uses this language : "It pleased the Lord to call me for some time and...my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages."* Is it possible to overestimate the influence of an intimate association of two or three years with... | |
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It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and with some persons, to practise the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French and Dutch. The Secretary of the Council, (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages. 
