 I surrendered myself for two hours daily to the lessons in horsemanship of a principal groom who ranked as a first-rate rough-rider ; and I gathered manifold experiences amongst the horses — so different from the wild, hard-mouthed horses at Westport,...  Memorials: And Other Papers - Side 84af Thomas De Quincey - 1856Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 364 sider
...keepers, who was very attentive to me, in deference to the interest in myself expressed by his idolised mistress, but otherwise regarded me probably as an...certain, is yet a pure matter of inference, but upon the seconds' -hand, which visibly comes ou at a trotting pace. Everything prospered, except my own present... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 454 sider
...as a cleverish or dexterous ape. However, as Lady Carbery. did not forego her purpose of causing iue to shine under every angle, it would have been ungrateful...aware of it. No longer did it seem to move upon the hour hand, whose advance, though certain, is yet a pure matter of inference, but upon the seconds'... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 606 sider
...surrendered myself for two hours daily to the lessons in horsemanship of a principal groom who ranked as 29 a first-rate rough-rider ; and I gathered manifold...rapidly ahead. And, speaking seriously, in what regarded rny intellectual expansion, never before or since had I been so distinctly made aware of it. No longer... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1877 - 440 sider
...admirable, whilst the pretensions actually put forward on his behalf simply install him as a clevcrish or dexterous ape. However, as Lady Carbery did not...aware of it. No longer did it seem to move upon the hour hand, whose advance, though certain, is yet a pure matter of inference, but upon the seconds'... | |
 | William Minto - 1881 - 596 sider
...understanding expanded more during this visit to Laxton than during any three months of my life." Again — "Equally, in fact, as regarded my physics and my metaphysics;...interested my ambition, I was going rapidly ahead." The statement has a very different effect when the periodic arrangement is reversed. Criticism of single... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1892 - 360 sider
...in any equal number of months had my understanding so much expanded as during this visit to Laxton.2 Equally, in fact, as regarded my physics and my metaphysics...advance that interested my ambition, I was going rapidly ahead.2 1 See page 235. 300 In each of these examples, short as they are, the loose sentence is preferable... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 582 sider
...understanding expanded -more during this vi^it to Laxton than during any three months of my life." Again — " Equally, in fact, as regarded my physics and my metaphysics...of advance that interested my ambition, I was going r.ipiilly ahead." The statement has a very different effect when the periodic arrangement is reversed.... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 584 sider
...understanding expanded more during this vi it to Laxton than during any three mouths of niy life." Again — " Equally, in fact, as regarded my physics and my metaphysics...short, upon all lines of advance that interested my amhition, I was going rapidly ahead." The statement has a very different effect when the periodic arrangement... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1893 - 362 sider
...Rule 87; putting subordinate facts in when-clauses, and adjective modifications in relative clauses.) Equally, in fact, as regarded my physics and my metaphysics;...interested my ambition, I was going rapidly ahead. (Give the sentence more- ease and naturalness.) In accordance with his dying father's request, Walter... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1893 - 400 sider
...any equal number of months had my understanding so much expanded as during this visit to Laxton. 2 Equally, in fact, as regarded my physics and my metaphysics...in short, upon all lines of advance that interested ray ambition, I was going rapidly ahead.2 1 See pages 235-238. 3 Quoted from De Quincey by WILLIAM... | |
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