 One thing I forgot to mention before, and what very much surprises me, to find thee, who art a philosopher, prouder than I am. My cap, it is true, had a small hole or two on the border; but the lining was new. Instead of giving it away, I wish thee had...  Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall - Seite 116von William Darlington - 1849 - 585 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Francis Bowen - 1850 - 738 Seiten
...manner recommended thee to him." But the good Quaker forgets not to teach economy as well as neatness. " One thing I forgot to mention before, and what very...two or three years, to have worn in the country, in rainy weather." Bartram wishes his friend to buy Tournefort's book for him, which Collinson is unwilling... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1850 - 566 Seiten
...manner recommended thee to him." But the good Quaker forgets not to teach economy as well as neatness. " One thing I forgot to mention before, and what very...two or three years, to have worn in the country, in rainy weather." Bartram wishes his friend to buy Tournefort's book for him, which Collinson is unwilling... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1850 - 554 Seiten
...manner recommended thee to him." But the good Quaker forgets not to teach economy as well as neatness. " One thing I forgot to mention before, and what very...two or three years, to have worn in the country, in rainy weather." Bartram wishes his friend to buy Tournefort's book for him, which Collinson is unwilling... | |
 | Susan Scott Parrish - 2012 - 344 Seiten
..."What very much surprises Mee to Find thee who art a philosopher [to be] prouder than I am, My Cap it's True, had a small Hole or Two on the Border but the Lining was New." No doubt Collinson was not only surprised that a "philosopher" would be so proud, but especially a... | |
 | 1850 - 554 Seiten
...manner recommended thee to him." But the good Quaker forgets not to teach economy as well as neatness. " One thing I forgot to mention before, and what very...two or three years, to have worn in the country, in rainy weather." Bartram wishes his friend to buy Tournefort's book for him, which Collinson is unwilling... | |
 | 1850 - 964 Seiten
...postscript to a later letter leads one to infer that the plant collector hardly needed this advice. " One thing I forgot to mention before, and what very...Instead of giving it away, I wish thee had sent it lo me back again.* It would have served me two or three years, to have worn in the country, in rainy... | |
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