 Oxford* ; from whence, with a singularity scarce to be justified, he carried away more Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly became a person of his rank...  Asheville and Buncombe County - Page 75by Forster Alexander Sondley - 1922 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 442 pages
...now alive. His excellency, the present lord, was educated in the university of Oxford ; from whence, with a singularity scarce to be justified, he carried...away more Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly be* came a person of his rank; indeed much more of each, than most of those who are forced to live... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 314 pages
...now alive. His excellency, the present lord, was educated in the university of Oxford ; from whence, with a singularity scarce to be justified, he carried...Latin, and philosophy, than properly became a person oi his rank; indeed much more of each, than most of those vvlio are forced to live by their learning,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 506 pages
...kept, even ny men now alive, sent lord, was educated lord} from whence, with c 330 A VINDICATION OF a singularity scarce to be justified, he carried away...of those who are forced to live by their learning, wijl be at the unnecessary pains to load their heads with. This was the rock he split on, upon his... | |
 | Biography - 1813 - 534 pages
...humorously asserts, that he carried away from Oxford, with a singularity scarcely to be justiJied, more Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly became a person of his rank; indeed, much rnore of e,ach, than most of those who are forced to live by their learning will be at the unnecessary... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 608 pages
...now alive. His excellency, the present lord, was educated in the University of Oxford* ; from whence, with a singularity scarce to be justified, he carried...properly became a person of his rank ; indeed much mpre of each than most of those who are forced to live by their learning, will be at the unnecessary... | |
 | Art - 1832 - 616 pages
...humorously remarked, that he carried away from Oxford, with a singularity scarcely to be justified, more Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly became...; indeed, much more of each than most of those who were forced to live by their learning would be at the unnecessary pains to burthen their heads with.... | |
 | William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - Europe - 1838 - 532 pages
...of Granville, was born in 1690, and educated at Christchurch, Oxford ; whence, according to Swift, "he carried away more Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly became a person of his rank." In 1719, he was sent ambassador to Denmark; in 1721, on the death of Craggs he was made secretary of... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 516 pages
...of Granville, was born in 1690, and educated at Christchurch, Oxford ; whence, according to Swift, " he carried away more Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly became a person of his rank." In 1719, he was sent ambassador to Denmark ; in 1721, on the death of Craggs, he was made secretary... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 548 pages
...of Granville, was born in 1690, and educated at Christchurch, Oxford ; whence, according to Swift, " he carried away more Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly became a person of his rank." In 1719, he was sent ambassador to Denmark; in 1721, on the death of Craggs, he was made secretary... | |
 | 1840 - 700 pages
...University of Oxford, [Christ Church College, to which lie removed from Westminster,] from whence, with a singularity scarce to be justified, he carried...Greek, Latin, and philosophy, than properly became a man of his rank ; indeed, much more'of each than most of those who are forced to live by their learning,... | |
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