 ... Lord Orford), were, for the most part, as completely out of my reach as a crown and sceptre. There was, indeed, a resource ; but the utmost caution and secrecy were necessary in applying to it. I beat out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and...  The Table Book... - Page 25by William Hone - 1827 - 870 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1830 - 426 pages
...leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the r<-s t» my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent* . ; - '•" After he had spent nearly six yean in this untoward condition, he was fortunate enough... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1834 - 450 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great exten'.." No situation, it is obvious, could be more unfavourable for study than this ; and yet we... | |
 | William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - Lay ministry - 1832 - 200 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." No situation, it is obvious, could be more unfavourable for study than this ; and yet we see how the... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1832 - 510 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." No situation, it is obvious, could be more unfavorable for study than this ; and yet we see how the... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Biography - 1832 - 336 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." No situation, it is obvious, could be more unfavorable for study than this ; and yet we see how the... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1835 - 246 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent. APPLICATION. These are striking proofs that " necessity is the mother of invention," and that " where... | |
 | William Pinnock - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1836 - 734 pages
...pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems upon them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." That one sentence ought to put to the blush every young man who, having the free use of books and writing... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl: for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply...Hitherto I had not so much as dreamed of poetry : indeed 1 scarcely knew it by name ; and, whatever may be said of the force of nature, I certainly never "... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 286 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for the rest, my memory was tenacious, and I could multiply and divide by it to a great extent." Poor Giffbrd's literary tastes drew upon him first the contempt and afterwards the dislike of his harsh... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...out pieces of leather as smooth as possible, and wrought my problems on them with a blunted awl ; for n Under the same unfavourable circumstances, he composed and recited to his associates small pieces of... | |
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