 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 Seiten
...that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.2 My judgment, to be sure, was not so good ; but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.' " 1 [A coffee-house over against Catherine Street, in the Strand, recently rebuilt and called " Wright's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 576 Seiten
...ever was with. He with a spirit of independenee and told me a very odd thing, that he so good ; but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I...now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years corrie upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.' This account of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 Seiten
...that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.2 My judgment, to be sure, was not so good ; but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I...acquire a stock of knowledge ; for when years come unto you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.' " This account of his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 Seiten
...that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.2 My judgment, to be sure, was not so good ; but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I...acquire a stock of knowledge ; for when years come unto you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.' " This account of his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 Seiten
...that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now.* My judgment, to be sure, was not so good, but I had all the facts. I remember very well when I was...upon books will be but an irksome task." This account oí his reading, given by himself in plain words, sufficiently confirms what I have already advanced... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1890 - 300 Seiten
...him. It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : " Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...knowledge ; for when years come upon you, you will find thax poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1893 - 250 Seiten
...him. It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : "Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that many other things besides reading grow irksome, and... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, William Ernest Henley - 1895 - 380 Seiten
...him. It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : "Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that many other things besides reading grow irksome, and... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 388 Seiten
...It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : ' ' Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that many other things besides reading grow irksome, and... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1896 - 248 Seiten
...him. It must have been a very foolish old gentleman who addressed Johnson at Oxford in these words : "Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire...that poring upon books will be but an irksome task." The old gentleman seems to have been unaware that many other things besides reading grow irksome, and... | |
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My judgment, to be sure, was not so good ; but I had all the facts. I remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, ' Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge ; for when years come upon you, you... 
