 | Rhode Island Historical Society - Local history - 1885 - 404 pages
...136). (2) Mr. Williams, in a letter to John Winthrop, the younger, in 1654, speaks of his studies in "the Hebrew, the Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch....my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages." (Narragansett Club Pub., VI. 261-62). See page 51. (3)Compare the Sadleir papers, printed in Narragansett... | |
 | Providence (R.I.). City Council - Providence (R.I.) - 1887 - 262 pages
...early in the summer of 1654. In a letter to John Winthrop, Jr., under date of July 12, 1654, he writes: "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],... | |
 | John Milton - 1890 - 666 pages
...containing reminiscences of his visit to London in 1651-4 (see ante, vol. i. pp. 227-9), these words occur: "It pleased the Lord to call me, for some time and...my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages." This exchange of Williams's Dutch readings to Milton for Milton's readings in other tongues to Williams... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 416 pages
...persons to practice the Hebrew, the Greeke, Latine, French & Dutch. The secretarie of the Councell (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many...more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed a Tyrannic. I taught 2 young Gentlemen, a Parliament man's sons, as we teach our children English, by... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1890 - 444 pages
...persons to practice the Hebrew, the Greeke, Latine, French & Dutch. The secretarie of the Councell (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many...more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed a Tyrannic. I taught 2 young Gentlemen, a Parliament man's sons, as we teach our children English, by... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English drama - 1890 - 424 pages
...persons to practice the Hebrew, the Greeke, Latine, French & Dutch. The secretarie of the Councell (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many...more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed a Tyrannic. I taught 2 young Gentlemen, a Parliament man's sons, as we teach our children English, by... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 418 pages
...persons to practice the Hebrew, the Greeke, Latine, French & Dutch. The secretarie of the Councell (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many...more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed a Tyrannic. I taught 2 young Gentlemen, a Parliament man's sons, as we teach our children English, by... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Literature - 1890 - 414 pages
...persons to practice the Hebrew, the Greeke, Latine, French & Dutch. The secretarie of the Councell (Mr. Milton) for my Dutch I read him, read me many...more languages. Grammar rules begin to be esteemed a Tyrannic. I taught 2 young Gentlemen, a Parliament man's sons, as we teach our children English, by... | |
 | Samuel Lunt Caldwell - Baptists - 1890 - 446 pages
...liberal education. A score of years after leaving England, when on his second visit there, he says, " It pleased the Lord to call me for some time, and with some persons to practise the Hebrew, the 1 Fox Digged out of Burrowes, Pref., p. 3. * 4 Massachusetts Historical Collections, vi. 184. 8 Arnold,... | |
 | Lucius Clarke Davis - Monuments - 1890 - 292 pages
...Governor Winthrop, kindly communicated to me by his descendant, the Hon. RC Winthrop, of Boston, says, 'The secretary of the council, Mr. Milton, for my Dutch I read him, read me many more languages.' " The venerable poet, Mr. Whittier, who has written the lines for yonder window, most justly says:... | |
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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. 
